Bestselling author Marty Wingate βplants clever clues with a dash of romantic spice,β raves Mary Daheim. Now Wingateβs inimitable gardening heroine, Pru Parke, is importing a precious bloom from Texasβand she wonβt let a vicious murder stop her.
Pruβs life in England is coming full circle. A Texas transplant, sheβs married to the love of her life, thriving in the plum gardening position she shares with her long-lost brother, and prepping a Chelsea Flower Show exhibit featuring the beloved bluebonnets of the Texas hill country. Technically, Twyla Woodford, the president of a gardening club in the Lone Star State, is in charge of the London event, but Pru seems to be the one getting her hands dirty. When they finally do meet, Pru senses a kindred spiritβuntil Twyla turns up dead.
Although Twylaβs body was half buried under a wall in their display, Pru remains determined to mount a spectacular show. Twyla would have insisted. So Pru recruits her husband, former Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Pearse, to go undercover and do a bit of unofficial digging into Twylaβs final hours. If Pru has anything to say about it, this killer is going to learn the hard way not to mess with Texas.
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