Oak and Dagger by Dorothy St James

Oak and Dagger by Dorothy St James

When it comes to gardening, Cassandra Casey Calhoun isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. But when it comes to murder, she's not the kind of gal to let any killer get away clean. Despite cooler fall temperatures in Washington, D.C., tempers flare at the White House when important historical documents go missing from the curator's office and the gardeners are blamed. As if that isn't bad enough, Casey has started receiving death threats, the president's pooch is digging unsightly holes all over the South Lawn, and the curator has been found dead. All evidence for the murder points to Gordon Sims, the chief gardener. His fingerprints are on the murder weapon, and witnesses saw him arguing with the curator shortly before her death. With the help of Special Agent Jack Turner, her reluctant sidekick and new flame, Casey works to clear Gordon's name. Along the way she finds herself in a deadly race against time to discover if there's a link between the stolen papers, the dog's holes in the South Lawn, and a rumored two-hundred-year-old treasure--before the killer strikes again.

Dorothy St. is a street in New York City. The White House Gardener mysteries are written by James. She and her sculptor husband have lived on Folly Beach, an artsy island town in South Carolina, for the past twenty years. Dorothy is a member of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) and the International Thriller Writers (ITW), as well as the International Thriller Writers (ITW). This is her third mystery set in the Southern Chocolate Shop.

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ISBN 13	9780425252031
ISBN 10	0425252035
Title	Oak and Dagger
Author	Dorothy St James
Series	A White House Gardener Mystery
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2013-04-02
Number of pages	320
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