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State Library of Tasmania > Using your library > Reading Suggestions > Novel Approach > gardening fiction

Gardening Fiction

Albert, Susan China Bayles series
Ex-corporate lawyer turned herbalist solves mystery and murder in Pecan Springs.

 

Atherton, Nancy Aunt Dimity and the duke

 

Babson, Marion Guilty party

 

Bail, Murray Eucalyptus
A father who will only allow his daughter to marry the man who can identity all the species of eucalyptus trees he's grown.

 

Barrie, Anna The Linden tree

 

Beaton, M. C. Agatha Raisin and the potted gardener

 

Borthwick, J.S. The Garden plot

 

Buchan, Elizabeth Consider the lily

 

Burnett, Frances The Secret garden

 

Campbell, R.T. Bodies in a bookshop
Campbell, R.T. Unholy dying

 

Emerson, Kathy Lynn Susanna Appleton series
Elizabethan sleuth and herbalist Lady Susanna Appleton features in historical whodunit series.

 

Enright, Rosemary The Walled garden

 

Fforde, Katie Thyme out
Fforde, Katie Wild designs

 

Fraser, Anthea Six proud walkers

 

Freeman, Mary Rachel O'Connor series
Featuring landscape gardener and sleuth Rachel O'Connor.

 

Godden, Rumer Episode of sparrows

 

Gregory, Philippa Earthly joys

 

Hager, Jean Blooming murder

 

Harrison, Janis Roots of murder : a gardening mystery

 

Hessayon, Joan The Paradise garden

 

Kretser, Michelle The Rose grower

 

Llewellyn, Sam The Sea garden
The discovery of a skeleton in an historic garden on an idyllic Cornish island leads to an examination of five generations of the Jones family, especially the patriarch and herbalist, Joshua Jones.

 

Manuel, David A matter of roses
Sleuthing exploits of a contemporary monk.

 

Mapson, Jo-ann Bad girl creek

 

Michaels, Barbara The Dancing floor
Michaels, Barbara Vanish with the rose

 

Peters, Ellis Brother Cadfael series
Twelfth century Benedictine monk and herbalist.

 

Pilcher, Robin An Ocean apart
David discovers the healing powers of his garden following the death of his wife.

 

Ripley, Ann Louise Eldridge gardening series
Debut of organic gardener, Louise Eldridge.

 

Roberts, Karen The Flower boy

 

Saville, Diana Capability's garden
The creation of an idyllic garden in Cornwall causes local feeling to run high.

 

Sherwood, John Celia Grant botanical series
Featuring Celia Grant, landscape designer and garden entrepreneur.

 

Shields, Carol Larry's party
Floral designer, Larry Weller eventually finds expression in the design of imaginative garden mazes where he finds a means of expressing his hopes and dreams.

 

Swann, E. L. Night gardening
Story of a romance between mature people who share an interest in zen gardening.

 

Titchmarsh, Alan Mr. Macgregor

 

Tsukiyama,Gail The Samurai's garden

 

Walpow, Nathan The Cactus club killings : a Joe Portugal mystery

 

West, Jessamyn Friendly persuasion

 

White, Bailey Quite a year for plums

 

Wiggin, Helene In the heart of the garden
A novel spanning a thousand years of English garden history and the story of the women who cared for the historic plot.

 

 

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