Reading one of Ann Ripley's Gardening Mysteries is like reading two books at the same time. What a novel idea to combine usable garden chapters with titles like Houseguests are like Gardens---Both should be low maintenance with devilish mystery chapters.

Ms. Ripley's heroine, Louise Eldridge, is a local TV Gardening host that digs her way through clues as well as her prize garden beds. Often accompanied or, even bailed out, by her family, Louise finds murder popping up all around her, and of course, her surroundings are usually of the garden type. Louise makes gardening take on a whole new meaning

And, you can't miss Ms. Ripley's organic philosophy which comes through in, not only, the garden chapters but in the mysteries themselves. We couldn't have said it better ourselves.

In order from first to last, they are:

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Mulch
June 1994

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Death of a
Garden Pest
June 1996

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Death of a Political Plant
April 1998

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The Garden Tour Affair
January 1999

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The Perennial Killer
May 2000

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Harvest of Murder
October 2001

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The Christmas Garden Affair
October 2002

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Death at the
Spring Plant Sale
October 2003

Summer Garden Murder

Death in the Orchid Garden

   

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Summer Garden Murder
October 2006

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Death in the Orchid Garden
November 2006

   
 

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