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Flowerbed Of State (2011)

by Dorothy St. James(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0425240576 (ISBN13: 9780425240571)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Berkley

series

A White House Gardener Mystery

review 1: I don't really know what to write about this book. I knew it had mixed reviews, but decided to give it a chance. My own opinion..... I did not like it. The story took too long, it was a lot of "Stay out of it" while the lead character of course did not and it just wasn't a pleasant read. I couldn't put myself to read it, first cozy mystery I had that with. I will not read the other books in this series.
review 2: I enjoy books about the workings within the White House, and cozy mysteries. In this new series, Casey Calhoun has just joined the gardening staff with the White House team because the President's wife wants to begin implementing organic gardening for ornamentals and for vegetables. Casey is all prepared to give her first important presentation to th... moree committee that will OK her proposals, when she is knocked out while sprucing up a flower bed in the park across from the White House. Worse yet, when the Secret Service is checking out her injuries, there is a dead woman found in a near by trash can. While the murder investigation is going on, preparations are also going on for the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, and the Rose Garden is getting it's spring planting in preparation for a huge banking summit. Casey becomes involved in everything, while being guarded by a bothersome but definitely hunky security guard. She wants to find answers to the murder, and for who seems to want her out of the picture too. Is this something related to the upcoming banking bill, or just a romance gone wrong?This is a great new series. Lots of action, and information about the White House gardens. Casey is a fun and complex new character. I'm looking forward to reading lots more in this series! less

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