Synopses & Reviews
Sarah Deane dirties her hands in a transatlantic murder investigation, as a European garden tour turns deadly...
Much to her dismay, Sarah has been roped into accompanying her abrasive Aunt Julia on a tour of Europe's most famous gardens. The trip takes a bad turn when the tour's leader, garden expert Ellen Trevino, fails to meet the group for their departure. That and the strange behavior of her fellow tour members plant seeds of suspicion in Sarah's mind. but her bi-continental investigating-with the help of husband Alex at home in Maine-could have Sarah herself pushing up the daisies...
Review
"This is perfect fireside reading." --
The New York Times Book Review on
Dolly is Dead"Brimming with quirky New England characters, offbeat charm, and a murder-solving husband-and-wife team whom readers have come to adore, here is the delightful eighth mystery in J.S. Borthwick's Sarah Deane series, brilliantly rendered with a 'keen eye and sharp pen.'" --The New York Times Book Review
"If you can't get away for European garden tour of your own this summer, then sit yourself down by your own and open this fun and surprising novel." --Maine Sunday Telegram
Synopsis
Newly minted Ph.D. and sometime amateur detective Sarah Deane goes to teach at a New England girls' boarding school with a famously iron-fisted French teacher, Mme. Carpentier. But soon afterwards an art teacher turns up dead, bludgeoned to death on a campus path. Was it a case of mistaken identity, with the killer really out to get Mme. Carpentier? No one can stop Sarah from investigating.
About the Author
J.S Borthwick lives with her family on the Maine coast, where many of her mysteries are set.