"This mystery unfolds as nicely as the Vineyard spring it so lovingly depicts."
Publishers Weekly

"Readers who enjoyed the charming series debut, Deadly Nightshade, will be delighted
to get another dose of Victoria's sharp tongue."Booklist

Victoria Trumbull is a feisty ninety-two-year-old who refuses to let her age stop her from having
funor investigating crime. When Victoria's knowledge of her native Martha's Vineyard helped
to solve a murder in Deadly Nightshade, she earned her own baseball cap emblazoned
with "West Tisbury Police Deputy." Now the authorities will turn to her again to help uncover
another scandal on the idyllic island.

Phoebe Eldridge, a short-tempered woman who lives alone, has sold the family land to a developer
who made an offer that seemed too good to resist. When the Conservation Trust enlists Victoria to
search that land for an endangered plant, she and her eleven-year-old after-school assistant are
rewarded with the discovery of a little nest of cranefly orchidsand a body.

Cynthia Riggs, a thirteenth-generation Islander, lives on Martha's Vineyard in her family homestead, now a bed-and-breakfast catering to poets and writers. She has a degree in geology from Antioch College, an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College, and a U.S. Coast Guard Masters License.

For nearly twenty-five years Davina Porter has been enthralling listeners with her narration. With her uncanny ability to mine the psychological depths of the characters, she brings them convincingly to life. She has been honored with an AudioFile "Golden Voice Award."