A Garden of Vipers

Written by Beth Lincoln

Book #3 in the The Swifts series

Snowed in at a skyscraper greenhouse, young sleuths must find a poisoner among the guests.

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400 pages· 93,643 words· Est. 13 hour read· 770L· AR 8 · 17 AR pts

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After catching a murderer at their family reunion and solving an old art caper, the Swift children are known as sleuths. When cousin Atrocious asks for help with a murder in New York City, Shenanigan agrees once she learns the victim is tied to her friend Daisy DeMille's flower empire. Trapped by a snowstorm in the DeMilles' high-rise greenhouse, she must weed out the poisoner hiding among the plants.

From the publisher

The Swifts take Manhattan in the hilarious, third installment of Beth Lincoln's quick-witted bestselling mystery series. "An ambitious and intricately plotted caper that will have readers riveted until its final, and supremely satisfying, sleight of hand." --The Wall Street Journal After catching a murderer at the family reunion and solving a century-old art caper, the Swift children have built a reputation as expert sleuths. But when cousin Atrocious needs help to solve a murder in New York City, Shenanigan is wary until she finds out the victim is connected to their old friend Daisy DeMille and her family's flower empire. Trapped by a snowstorm in the DeMille's high-rise greenhouse headquarters, Shenanigan will have to weed out the poisoner hiding among the plants. For their new adventure, Shenanigan and the beloved Swifts are joined by another eccentric, and fabulously fatal, family--the American DeMilles, including flamboyant heir-apparent Dandelion, ambitious brother Basil, and tenacious siblings Moss and Delphinium. The Swifts are back with their trademark witty wordplay, murder mysteries, and, of course, shenanigans.

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