Agatha Award
2012 · Novel · Nominee
About This Book
TROUBLE IN SPADES...
Determined not to be a garden-variety diva, Sophie Winston's neighbor, Natasha, cultivates a plan to shine on television -- using Sophie's backyard. As the cast and crew of the makeover show Tear It Up With Troy bulldoze through her backyard -- and vacation -- Sophie retreats to her perennial boyfriend Wolf's to replace a dead rose bush. But her tender deed goes awry when she digs up a purse belonging to Wolf's missing wife.
As speculations sprout, Wolf bolts, and then a body crops up in a garden. Is Wolf's thorny past raising a dead head? This is one case the domestic diva can't let wither on the vine…
Determined not to be a garden-variety diva, Sophie Winston's neighbor, Natasha, cultivates a plan to shine on television -- using Sophie's backyard. As the cast and crew of the makeover show Tear It Up With Troy bulldoze through her backyard -- and vacation -- Sophie retreats to her perennial boyfriend Wolf's to replace a dead rose bush. But her tender deed goes awry when she digs up a purse belonging to Wolf's missing wife.
As speculations sprout, Wolf bolts, and then a body crops up in a garden. Is Wolf's thorny past raising a dead head? This is one case the domestic diva can't let wither on the vine…
