by Carole Ottesen (Author)
Tate Adkins, celebrity horticulturist and plant hunter, on his way to developing the Christmas rose that would rock the gardening world, fell to his death on a plant hunting expedition. Two years later, still grieving, his lover, garden designer and writer Mim Fitz, is struggling at work under a toxic editor. At home, her sleep is haunted by a terrifying dream. In an effort to regain her life, she attends a horticultural writers' conference. There, in addition to information about the beautiful Christmas rose, she discovers a web of coincidences that unveil a murderous psychopath.
Author Biography
Prize-winning garden writer Carole Ottesen is best known for books and articles that chronicle the cutting edge of gardening in America. After twenty-five years, nine books--including Ornamental Grasses the Amber Wave, and The Native Plant Primer-- and countless articles--in Martha Stewart Living, Garden Design, American Gardener, and many other periodicals--she has turned to crime. Dying for the Christmas Rose is her first garden mystery.