The Shy Tulip Murders — Rebecca Rothenberg

Where have all the flowers gone?

Calochortus invenustus subspecies westii--an exquisitely beautiful wildflower better known as the shy tulip--may he all that stands between a precious California forest and the logging industry. Botanist Claire Sharples has been asked by an environmental group to search for the endangered bloom among the giant sequoias. But before she can say spotted owl, a flowernapper steals the plant and a pretty activist is found killed. Claire--a specialist in blight, wilt, and rot--finds she has the perfect credentials for investigating a dirty business like homicide. Now, with her own life in jeopardy from an unknown enemy, her future depends on finding answers as elusive as the shy tulip, buried in dangerous passions. ..and hidden in the wild places of a remorseless heart.