Bartlett Book Club: Gardening Can Be M**der

What is it about the garden that suits it to literary M**der? Perhaps it is the poisonous plants, sharp tools, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites that make gardens mainstay in the mystery genre. Perhaps it is the gardens (and writers) themselves, with their “natural malice toward weeds, rodents and other garden undesirable. Rare is the gardener who can approach a slug without homicidal intent.”

From Edgar Allan Poe to Agatha Christie to modern bestsellers, hundreds of our greatest mystery writers have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardens. Gardening Can Be M**der is the first book to explore this genre’s many surprising horticultural connections.

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