Deadly Nightshade is the second in the Gardening Mystery series. It takes place in the Hood River Area of Oregon, and features Rachel O'Connor, a young landscaper.
Rachel is trying to improve her business, and gets a city landscape contract. She runs into trouble when a city councilman is found dead, under a huge pile of her mulch which was dumped from a truck to which she had the key. One of her employees was Spider, from the Youth Farm work skills program, and he becomes a suspect because he had argued with the councilman. Another suspect is Rachel's uncle, who resents the coucilman because he is trying to annex part of his orchard.
The book was well written, the characters were interesting, and there is a little romance thrown in between Rachel and the local police. Looking forward to the next in the series.
This is part of my Mt. TBR reading challenge, 16 of 48.
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