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Roots of Murder
ISBN: 0312203047
ISBN-13: 9780312203047
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published date: 1999
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 0.95 pounds
Pages: 246
Publisher's Notes
In a first novel that combines gardening and murder, Harrison introduces Bretta, a Midwestern florist dealing with the death of her husband. When an Amish farmer dies under mysterious circumstances, Bretta begins digging deep and finds a complicated web of mistrust and suspicion. 7,500.
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Roots of Murder (Gardening Mystery)
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St. Martin's Press, 1999. Original 21.95 dustjacket price intact. No marks or writing. Trace of dustjacket edge wear.. ISBN: 0312203047. First Edition. Hardcover/Dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. MISSOURI FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE WOMEN. ( more information) Offered by DesertPrincess/SFF Books (United States)
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ROOTS OF MURDER [A GARDENING MYSTERY]
Harrison, Janis [Dust Wrapper design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein, illustration by Robert Sauber, author photo by Classic Studios]
New York: St Martin's Press [1999], 1999. First edition of the author's first novel. 246 pages. Initials to the front free endpaper else VG+ copy in Near Fine Dust Wrapper with a 3/4" tear to the bottom edge of the front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Other Worlds Bookstore (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1999. A clean tight unmarked book.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Paperback Junction (United States)
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NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 1st Printing. Hardback. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. ISBN 0-312-20304-7, 8vo, 246pp. ( more information) Offered by Debue's Book Shop (United States)
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St Martins Pr, 1999-07. Hardcover. VeryGood/Very good. First editioin. Very good hardcover with very good DJ. Ex-lib with one library mark, a stamp on rear endpapers, and otherwise unmarked, bright and clean. ( more information) Offered by Cameron Park Books (United States)
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Roots Of Murder
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New York: St. Martin's Press. Hardcover. 1999. 2nd Printing. 8vo . Fine in Fine DJ. A gardening mystery . ( more information) Offered by Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (United States)
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1999. 246 pages, light wear to dj edges,. ISBN: 0312203047. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 4¾" - 9¾" tall. MISSOURI FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE WOMEN. ( more information) Offered by Highway Book Shop (Canada)
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ROOTS OF MURDER
Harrison, Janis
New York: St. Martin's. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light wrinkling to jacket top. 1999. Second Printing. Hard Cover. A small Midwest town fills with doubt and suspicion as Bretta Solomon, a widowed flower shop owner, begins to investigate the mysterious death of an Amish farmer who has always supplied her with her best flowers. . ( more information) Offered by Fyrbyrd Bookshop (United States)
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 8vo. 246 pgs. Fine condition first edition in fine jacket. Author's first book, a gardening mystery. ISBN 0312203047. #1037.. ISBN: 0312203047. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mystery, Modern First, Authors First Book, First First, Plant Mystery, Fiction, Janis Harrison, Roots of Murder. ( more information) Offered by Ravenroost Books (United States)
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Roots of Murder: A Gardening Mystery
HARRISON, JANIS
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Hardcover. As New/As New. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The author's first novel. SIGNED by Janis Harrison. Very fine book in very fine dj. ( more information) Offered by Thomas Books (United States)
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Roots of Murder (A Gardening Mystery)
Harrison, Janis
SIGNED COPY: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 246 pp. Flawless copy, as new. Inscribed by Ms. Harrison to the title page. The flower shop in River City, Missouri, is Bretta Solomon's whole life. Widowed more than a year ago, Bretta has thrown herself into her florist business and her place in this small, rural midwestern community. She's lost a lot of weight in the intervening year, but not her grief. Isaac Miller, an Amish farmer who supplied some of her most beautiful flowers, has died under mysterious circumstances. Isaac's brother, Evan, a friend of hers, calls and asks her to help him learn more about his brother's death. Everybody is a suspect--from the Amish bishop, to the eccentric neighbor, to the flower wholesaler. Bretta must race against the clock to find Isaac's killer and protect his beautiful garden from destruction before she becomes the next victim. EMINENTLY GIFTWORTHY.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Second Story Books (United States)
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Harrison, Janis
New York: St Martins Press, 1999. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.. First Edition First Printing. ( more information) Offered by Rare Book Cellar (United States)
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