Nina Colette Ceceri Quinn's business, Taken by Surprise —
a landscaping firm specializing in surprise garden
makeovers — is the only thing in her life that seems to be
thriving. Her marriage to adulterous police detective
Kevin Quinn has wilted. Her antisocial stepson Riley is
spreading trouble around like pungent manure. Even her
gardening tools are disappearing, including a rather
valuable set of hoes.
Worst of all, the delightful old man who first introduced
her to the joys of horticulture is dead — and not by
natural causes. Something evil has taken root in Nina's
Ohio small town, and the local police — including dearly
unbeloved Kev — are baffled. But it's amazing what a
resourceful gardener can dig up when she puts her mind to
it — though, by sticking her hands too deeply into this
fetid, fertile soil, Nina might well end up planted
beneath her own petunias.
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