Organic Gardening Can be Murder

Cam Flaherty has enough to worry about with the lack of rain on her farm, but the arrival of her wandering parents complicates her life immensely. In Mulch Ado About Murder by Edith Maxwell, Cam has decided to start some of her basil and lettuce seedlings at the hydroponic greenhouse called Seacoast Fresh.

When she arrives at the greenhouse she encounters protestors, among their numbers are her mother and some of Cam's own volunteers. Purists like the group believe organic foods should be grown in soil, not in solution.

When she enters the greenhouse, she finds it strangely empty with only the sounds of the whirring ventilation fans. As she wanders around looking for Nicole, she finds her unfortunately sprawled jackknifed over the vat with her head in the slurry.

To complicate matters it appears Cam's mother had been in the

greenhouse earlier in the morning and that she knew Nicole in the distant past. What is there connection? Cam is horrified to think that her mother might be involved in the murder. When her mother refuses to explain how  she knows Nicole, Cam is more worried that ever.

When Nicole's ex-husband or soon-to-be-ex husband Rudin Kingsbury shows up claiming he did not want a divorce from her, Cam worries more about her mother. It appears the suspect list is narrowing. With the help of her father, Cam tracks down the murderer.

I always enjoy Edith Maxwell's books and I liked this one, but I felt there were some unresolved issues at the end of the book. For more books by Edith Maxwell, click here. For one of my reviews on another Edith Maxwell book, click here.