The Big Dirt Nap: A Dirty Business Mystery (Dirty Business Mysteries) - Hardcover

Harris, Rosemary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312369689 ISBN 13: 9780312369682

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2009

Synopsis

“A smart, engaging heroine who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty—literally.”
- Brian Freeman, author of Stalked

A hit with mystery lovers and gardening fans nationwide, Pushing Up Daisies introduced Paula Holliday, ex-NYC media exec turned Connecticut gardener, in Rosemary Harris’s celebrated series debut. Now in The Big Dirt Nap, Paula is back in a second scent-sational thriller.

Something stinks to Paula Holliday, and it isn’t just the corpse flower, titan arum, named for its off-putting fragrance. When Paula’s friend Lucy asks her to tag along on an all-expense-paid junket to the Titans Hotel, it seems like a good idea. Paula even manages to squeeze a few bucks and a byline out of the local paper for writing an article on the titan arum, a rare flower that’s just about to bloom and on display at the hotel.

But when her friend is unavoidably detained, a would-be suitor is found with a gaping hole in his head, and the corpse flower refuses to bloom, the entire venture starts to seem like less of a good idea.

Brimming with wit and wisecracks, The Big Dirt Nap is sure to win rising mystery star Rosemary Harris a whole new slew of ardent fans.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Welcome back to Springfield, Connecticut,

where weary suburbanites can rest in peace...

New York media exec-turned-gardener Paula Holliday is thrilled when her friend Lucy asks her to tag along on an all-expenses-paid junket to the Titans Hotel. On display is the rare titan arum, a notoriously pungent plant known as the “corpse flower.” Unfortunately, the flower isn’t blooming—and the only thing Paula smells is a real corpse...

“A heroine who isn’t afraid to get down in the dirt.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Lucy’s would-be suitor has been found dead—with a hole in his head—and Lucy has mysteriously disappeared. Now Paula has to start digging up clues before the police’s worst suspicions take root. Even if the odious flower finally blooms, Paula has more important things to tend to. Because murder, by any other name, really stinks...

“An absolute must-read for cozy lovers. Readers of Susan Wittig Albert and Earlene Fowler will relish Rosemary Harris’s exceptionally engaging new voice.”   —Julia Spencer Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of I Shall Not Want

About the Author:

Rosemary Harris was born in Brooklyn and has been a bookstore manager, a video producer, and a television executive. She and her husband split their time between New York City and Fairfield County, Connecticut, where she is a master gardener. Pushing Up Daisies was her first novel in the Dirty Business Mystery series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312369689
• ISBN 13: 9780312369682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256