GARDENING CAN BE MURDER: HOW POISONOUS POPPIES, SINISTER SHOVELS, AND GRIM GARDENS HAVE INSPIRED MYSTERY WRITERS BY MARTA MCDOWELL Cyberpunk Not for the easily offended

Not for the easily offended

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GARDENING CAN BE MURDER: HOW POISONOUS POPPIES, SINISTER SHOVELS, AND GRIM GARDENS HAVE INSPIRED MYSTERY WRITERS BY MARTA MCDOWELL Cyberpunk Not for the easily offendedThis 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 with a near