A Corpse for Yew (Peggy Lee Garden Series #5) by Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene
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(Mass Market Paperback)
- Pub. Date: May 2009
- 304pp
- Sales Rank: 21,036
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 304pp
- Sales Rank: 21,036
- Series: Peggy Lee Garden Series, #5
- ISBN-13: 9780425228104
- ISBN: 042522810X
Synopsis
Includes gardening tips!
No rain means profits are wilting at The Potting Shed, so Peggy Lee joins her mother on a "bone harvest" expedition for the local historical society. But she stumbles upon a perplexing mystery-how a fellow volunteer became a corpse with curiously red lips.
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Characters Welcomedby Di-Marie
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July 11, 2009: This series has been and continues to be a great read for any day. The characters become a part of your reading family and you can't wait for the next chapter in their lives to continue. This was a random book I picked up and I have read every book in the series.
I Also Recommend: Through the Grinder (Coffeehouse Mystery Series #2), The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion (Haunted Bookshop Series #5).
Joyce and Jim Lavene prove once again they are an excellent writing teamby harstan
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March 09, 2009: The drought in North Carolina is so severe that Lake Whitley dried up leading to historical preservationists looking at the beds including a graveyard. While the profits at Peggy Lee's The Potting Shed has dried up too, she joins her mom and the other members of the historical society on the dry mud search. Genevieve Curtis steps on a body of a fellow member who had bright red lips. The victim is Lois Mullin, who arrived early without informing anyone.
The autopsy reveals Lois had yew in her system, which means she was poisoned. The Police Chief turns out to be the dead woman's nephew and he dropped her off at the site before going to work. Everyone wants to believe a horrific accident occurred, but many questions remain unanswered. Peggy thinks the woman was murdered and the female members of the Historical Society persuade her to investigate as she has solved homicides before (see PERFECT POISON). She agrees, but finds an over abundance of suspects to include the nephew, the artifact thief, and members of the society.Putting aside why Peggy the amateur sleuth would investigate, Joyce and Jim Lavene prove once again they are an excellent writing team as they provide a quality regional whodunit. There are numerous suspects even beyond those described above so picking out the killer is difficult and as puzzling. The question that needs to be answered first is why murder a seemingly harmless elderly woman. A CORPSE FOR YEW contains lighter moments like the heroine hiding her lover from her parents even though she is fiftyish widow, but it is her investigation that makes for a fun Garden mystery.Harriet Klausner
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