01653cam a2200301 4500 553026240 TxAuBib 20101016120000.0 081114s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006926708 9780758208194 0758208197 (OCoLC)74495200 ZGV ZGV BAKER RLS TxAuBib Ripley, Ann. Death in the orchid garden : a gardening mystery / Ann Ripley. New York : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2006. 312 p. ; 22 cm. "Kensington books.". Louise Eldridge, host of a PBS show, Gardening with Nature, is on location to the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the lush setting for an elite botanical conference. Louise has scheduled a panel featuring an explosive mix of egos and agenda from plant explorer and entrepreneur Dr. Bruce Bouting, pharmaceutical company consultant Dr. Matthew Flynn, environmentalist Dr. Charles Reuter and Pacific Island plant expert Dr. Tom Schoonover. But on a sunset walk along the beach, Louise discovers one of these men dead, the deep wound gouged at the base of his skull definitely not sustained from a fall off a cliff. As another botanist perishes, Louise once again turns amateur detective to solve the murders. 20101016. Eldridge, Louise (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women gardeners Fiction. Women television personalities Fiction. Gardening Fiction. Kauai (Hawaii) Fiction. Mystery fiction.