The lost gardens : an English garden mystery / Anthony Eglin.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 294 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0312328729
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Mystery | Eglin, Anthony | EG 2 | Available | 33111004648750 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Hidden within the derelict gardens of abandoned Wickersham Priory, a deadly secret is waiting. But when an unsuspecting young Californian named Jamie Gibson finds herself the new owner of the estate, through a surprise bequest from a total stranger---the secret begins to stir.
Jamie, fired with enthusiasm to restore the gardens to their 1930s glory, seeks the help of Lawrence Kingston, a retired professor of botany, eccentric bon viveur, and amateur sleuth. Lawrence soon unearths an old chapel, which leads to an ancient Healing Well, which in turn yields a human skeleton. And as the police pursue their inquiries, Kingston begins his own investigation---following a baffling trail of clues that wind down through the centuries, from the battlegrounds of World War II to the depths of the Middle Ages.
It is a trail marked by misadventure, revenge, compassion, and murder when finally Kingston unlocks the secret of Wickersham Priory, he and Jamie must confront a reckoning that neither of them could have ever imagined.
As with the highly acclaimed "The Blue Rose, " Eglin brings his botanical and literary skill to this new mystery.
"First published in Great Britain by Constable"--T.p. verso.