Pushing Up Daisies: A Dirty Business Mystery

DIVPMeet Paula Holliday, a transplanted media exec who trades her stilettos for garden clogs when she makes the move from the big city to the suburbs to start a gardening business. Paula can handle deer, slugs, and the occasionalIhuman/Ipest---but she's not prepared for the mummified body she finds while restoring the gardens at Halcyon, a local landmark.BR Casual snooping turns serious when a body is impaled on a garden tool and one of Paula's friends is arrested for the crime.BR Aided by the still-hot aging rocker who owns the neighborhood greasy spoon, a wise-cracking former colleague, and a sexy Mexican laborer with a few secrets of his own, Paula digs for the truth and unearths more dirty business the town has kept buried for years./P/DIVDIVP"Quirky, original, and captivating . . . marks the debut of a sure-to-please series."BR- Carolyn Hart, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning author of the Death on Demand seriesBRBR"Paula Holliday is a sleuth to watch. With an intriguing mix of gardening savvy, sassy wit, and smart plotting, Rosemary Harris has crafted a clever mystery."BR- Susan Wittig Albert, author of the China Bayles herbal mysteriesBRBR"Paula Holliday knows her andromedas and her viburnum. Her creator, Rosemary Harris, knows her pacing and suspense. Fast paced and full of garden lore,IPushing Up Daisies/Iis a great read. If rosemary is for remembrance, Rosemary Harris is an author to remember."BR- Barbara D'Amato, author ofIDeath of a Thousand CutsBRBR/I"A very enjoyable read and great tips for gardeners as well."BR- M. C. Beaton, author of the Agatha Raisin seriesBRBR"Get ready to meet a smart, engaging heroine who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty--literally."BR- Bria