Slugfest (Dirty Business) - Hardcover

Harris, Rosemary

3.53

289 ratings by Goodreads

9780312569969: Slugfest (Dirty Business)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312569963 ISBN 13: 9780312569969

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2011

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Anthony and Agatha Award-nominated Rosemary Harris is back with her fourth Dirty Business mystery, Slugfest, set at a legendary Northeast flower show where more than the plants are dying.

When Paula Holliday agrees to act as exhibit manager for a reclusive artist she’s expecting a laidback weekend picking up gardening tips. She doesn’t expect to be knee-deep in horticultural sabotage, beheaded gnomes, homicide, and something called The Javits Curse. Then an overeager attendee is found floating in the river and Paula realizes she accidentally holds a clue to his murder—that’s when the garden gloves come off and this flower show turns into a real Slugfest!

This time out Paula is joined by a colorful cast that includes Rolanda “Fort” Knox, a no-nonsense security guard; Guy Anzalone, Brooklyn's Tumbled Stone King; Jamal Harrington, a high school kid with a black belt and a green thumb; JC Kaufman, a feisty lady who hates leaving home without her weapon of choice; and a slick marketing guy hawking the hottest new product at the show, a foolproof pest repellant that people are dying to get their hands on.

With limited means and her ragtag crew, Paula must solve her toughest mystery yet and root out a killer before she finds herself pushing up daisies.

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From the Author:

Any resemblance to the Philadelphia International Flower Show where I am a longtime voluteer is purely unintentional! Actually my friends at PHS were enormously helpful in my research for Slugfest. And I had a lot of fun taking Paula back to New York City where Paula and Lucy are joined by a few new tough gals who help them solve the crime!

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Praise for Rosemary Harris
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"Sophisticated comedy, romance and murder."
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"Fast, funny dialogue, clever description and a good mystery make Harris' latest a very strong, entertaining cozy. With excitement and a surprise ending, this one's a winner."
RT Book Reviews (4 Stars) on Dead Head

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