Most gardeners know the somewhat gruesome pleasure of working in the garden – with a sharp tool, a poisonous plant, or ankle-deep in a juicy scene of decomposition – and think to yourself, “Oh, this would be a great scene for a murder mystery.”
Writer and gardener Marta McDowell is with us this week for our Leap Day Special - sharing more about her newest title, Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers, in which she delves into the literary history of mysteries and crime fiction being long inspired by life and death in the garden.
It’s an oddly fun romp into the overlapping worlds of mystery and crime fiction with gardens and gardeners. Join us!
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