Khavari Kate - A Botanist's Guide To Flowers And Fatality - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 1920s London isn't the ideal place for a brilliant woman with lofty ambitions. But research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to beat the odds in a male - dominated field at the University College of London. Saffron embarks on her first research study alongside the insufferably charming Dr. Michael Lee traveling the countryside with him in response to reports of poisonings. But when Detective Inspector Green is given a case with a set of unusual clues he asks for Saffron's assistance. The victims all women received bouquets filled with poisonous flowers. Digging deeper Saffron discovers that the bouquets may be more than just unpleasant flowers - there may be a hidden message within them revealed through the use of the old Victorian practice of floriography. A dire message indeed as each woman who received the flowers has turned up dead. Alongside Dr. Lee and her best friend Elizabeth Saffron trails a group of suspects through a dark jazz club a lavish country estate and a glittering theatre delving deeper into a part of society she thought she'd left behind forever. Will Saffron be able to catch the killer before they send their next bouquet or will she find herself with fatal flowers of her own in Kate Khavari's second intoxicating instalment.
Title: A Botanist's Guide To Flowers And Fatality
Author(s): Khavari Kate
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Barcode: 9781639106578
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Category: Crime & Mystery