When Agatha Raisin comes home to cozy Carsely and finds that a new woman has piqued the interest of her handsome bachelor neighbor, James Lacey, she's less than thrilled. The beautiful newcomer to the Cotswolds, Mary Fortune, is superior in every way--especially when it comes to gardening--and Agatha is suddenly seeing nothing but green. If only a nice juicy murder would come along to remind James of Agatha's genius for investigation. When a series of mysterious assaults on the town's finest gardens is followed by a shocking murder, Agatha gets her wish. Seizing the moment, she immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging up details about the victim--who, as it turns out, may just have some hidden dirt of her own...