"In southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to a close. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to personnel issues. "Issues" is correct. The proposal up for a vote before them is whether a local reporter should die. And the vote is four to one in favor. Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers is doing a favor for a friend by looking into a dognapping, which seems to be turning...

Returning to the Realm, Jessie searches for the flower needed to combat a plague of mischief-causing Peskies.

"Grow ... food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year's garden even better."--

Presents and answers questions on flowers, plants, trees, birds and rodents.

"An off-duty Coast Guardsman calls in some suspicious behavior from a nearby boat. It's a snazzy craft that slows to pick up a surfaced diver--a diver who was apparently alone, without his own boat, in the middle of the ocean. None of it makes sense, and his hunch is proved right when all three Guardsmen who come out to investigate are shot and killed. They're federal officers killed on the job, which means the case is the FBI's turf. When the FBI...

Becoming a green thumb of everything from flowers, fruit, herbs, to vegetables, succulents and exotic plants with this guide. The book is divided into chapters of seed saving, germination, growth, to becoming healthy and strong to bearing fruit, offering effective and fail-safe techniques at every stage. An appendix lists growth chart of 200 plants.

After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.