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Also by Cynthia Riggs:

Widow's Wreath, June 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Trumpet of Death, May 2017
Hardcover
Poison Ivy, April 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Bee Balm Murders, May 2011
Hardcover
Touch Me Not, September 2010
Hardcover
The Paperwhite Narcissus, May 2006
Paperback
Jack in the Pulpit, January 2006
Paperback
The Cranefly Orchid Murders, January 2004
Paperback
Deadly Nightshade, February 2003
Paperback

THE CRANEFLY ORCHID MURDERS
By: Cynthia Riggs

first time in paperback

A Martha's Vineyard Mystery
Signet Mystery
January 2004
Featuring: Victoria Trumbull
272 pages
ISBN: 0451209613
Paperback
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Mystery Cozy

“Riggs knows the island—its flora, fauna, families, legends, customs, and rumors—so well that every pace she puts her senior sleuth through becomes another delightful discovery.”—BookPage

For ninety-two-year-old poet Victoria Trumbull, Martha’s Vineyard isn’t just a home—it’s a way of life. If there’s anything worth learning about the island, Victoria already knows it. So it’s only natural that when a big-money developer sets his sights on the Vineyard, a local conservation group asks Victoria to search the land for endangered plants in order to keep the bulldozers at bay.

With the help of a precocious eleven-year-old after-school assistant, Victoria keeps an eye out for any likely leaves on her daily walks—and is rewarded by finding a patch of rare cranefly orchids. But the real surprise comes when she discovers one of the developer’s underhanded lawyers— pushing up daisies. Now Victoria must follow a different trail, a twisted path of family secrets, greed, and unsettled scores. And if she’s not careful, a killer might take her off the endangered list—and make her extinct….