Pretty Poison
by:
Joyce Lavene (author)
Jim Lavene (author)
It's another busy fall day for Peggy. A quick café lecture on African violets is followed by a minor bike accident involving a good-looking Saturn driver. Upon returning to her shop, Peggy discovers one of the wealthiest men in town--and one of the biggest philanderers--sprawled face down across...
show more
It's another busy fall day for Peggy. A quick café lecture on African violets is followed by a minor bike accident involving a good-looking Saturn driver. Upon returning to her shop, Peggy discovers one of the wealthiest men in town--and one of the biggest philanderers--sprawled face down across one of her seasonal displays, apparently beaten to death with a garden shovel. When the cops pin the murder on a local homeless man, Peggy must rake through evidence and dig up secrets to root out the real killer.
show less
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425202999 (0425202992)
Publish date: May 3rd 2005
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Pages no: 267
Edition language: English
Series: Peggy Lee Garden Mystery (#1)
I really liked Peggy. With any cozy mystery, you have to expect a little off-the-wall behavior from the main character and I think this was done just right. She wasn't a dimwitted idiot like a majority of the protagonists; while her actions were occasionally reckless, she was never stupid. The fact ...
I had high hopes for this story, but I just didn't take to it. While the author(s) did a very good job of portraying a relatively recent widow without being maudlin about it, it just wasn't for me. The story was very good, and some of the secondary characters likeable. The botany information was v...
Log in with Facebook 
