Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers

by Marta McDowell

Book Overview

This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising influence that gardens and gardening have had on mystery novels and their authors.

With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the outsize influence that gardens and gardening have had on the mystery genre has been underappreciated. Now, Marta McDowell, a writer and gardener...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643261126
• ISBN13: 9781643261126
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 8.1"