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What the buzz is...

"Quirky, original, and captivating. Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris marks the debut of a sure-to-please series."
—Carolyn Hart, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity award-winning novelist

"Paula Holliday knows her andromedas and her viburnum. Her creator, Rosemary Harris, knows her pacing and suspense. Fast-paced and full of garden lore, Pushing Up Daisies is a great read. If rosemary is for remembrance, Rosemary Harris is an author to remember."
—Barbara D'Amato, NYTimes bestselling author"

"Paula Holliday is a sleuth to watch. With an intriguing mix of gardening savvy, sassy wit, and smart plotting, Rosemary Harris has crafted a clever mystery."
—Susan Wittig Albert, author of the China Bayles herbal mysteries

"Get ready to meet a smart, engaging heroine who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty— literally."
—Brian Freeman, author of Stalked

Pushing Up Daisies
A Dirty Business Mystery

Meet Paula Holliday, a transplanted media exec who trades her stilettos for garden clogs when she makes the move from the big city to the suburbs to start a gardening business. Paula can handle deer, slugs, and the occasional human pest--but she's not prepared for the mummified body she finds while restoring the gardens at Halcyon, a local landmark.

Casual snooping turns serious when a body is impaled on a garden tool and one of Paula's friends is arrested for the crime.

Aided by the still-hot aging rocker who owns the neighborhood greasy spoon, a wise-cracking former colleague, and a sexy Mexican laborer with a few secrets of his own, Paula digs for the truth and unearths more dirty business the town has kept buried for years.

Rosemary Simari Harris is a former media and publishing executive (WNET, New York's public television stations, ABCTV, Crown Publishers, American Express Publishing), but her all-time favorite job was managing the Waldenbooks stores in Brooklyn, NY and Lawrenceville NJ. She and her husband, Bruce Harris (Crown Publishers, Random House, Workman Publishing) split their time between New York City and Fairfield County, CT where Rosemary is a certified Master Gardener. She is a member of CMGA (Connecticut Master Gardeners Association), Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Pushing Up Daisies (St. Martins Minotaur, February 2008) is the first in a series of mysteries featuring amateur sleuth/master gardener Paula Holliday.

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