As the White House's organic gardener, Casey Calhoun is up to her elbows in dirt. But when someone starts tampering with the Presidential vegetable garden, embarrassing the First lady-and a hard-nosed investigative reporter is found dead, Casey realizes that the next thing buried in the dirt might just be her...
The Scarlet Pepper (A White House Gardener Mystery)
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How does Casey's garden grow?
April 3 2012
By F. Yoder
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The Scarlett Pepper is the second book in The White House Gardener Mystery series. And a very enjoyable addition it is.
The time is getting close to the day that the First Lady will be harvesting from the Kitchen Garden, with the press in attendance. Casey Calhoun, along with the White House Garden volunteers are busily doing last minute work in the garden. One of the volunteers, who is also the wife of the Press Secretary for the President is very concerned about an article that is being written Griffon Parker. Casey then has a heated discussion with Parker, in front of witnesses and that evening Parker is found dead. Then out of the blue a Scotsman who has an organic gardening show is brought on board without consulting Casey, bringing further doubt to her organic methods.
There are also mysterious happenings taking place in the garden, too. Signs of digging going on which of course the First Dog is being blamed for, but then red peppers are growing where green ones should be.
Casey has to be careful, as she is not sure she can trust some of those people she has in the past, including Jack a Secret Service member assigned to the White House. But Casey and Jack soon start to trust each other more and begin to work together to solve the mysterious events taking place on the White House grounds.
I enjoy reading mysteries that take in and around at the White House, as I can only imagine that things are much more difficult than is portrayed in the books. Which is very understandable for security reasons.
Looking forward to reading the next book to she how Casey and Jack handle becoming "better friends", if Casey can begin to get closure on her parents deaths when she was a child and of course being a dog lover, looking forward to more tidbits on the First Dog.
The time is getting close to the day that the First Lady will be harvesting from the Kitchen Garden, with the press in attendance. Casey Calhoun, along with the White House Garden volunteers are busily doing last minute work in the garden. One of the volunteers, who is also the wife of the Press Secretary for the President is very concerned about an article that is being written Griffon Parker. Casey then has a heated discussion with Parker, in front of witnesses and that evening Parker is found dead. Then out of the blue a Scotsman who has an organic gardening show is brought on board without consulting Casey, bringing further doubt to her organic methods.
There are also mysterious happenings taking place in the garden, too. Signs of digging going on which of course the First Dog is being blamed for, but then red peppers are growing where green ones should be.
Casey has to be careful, as she is not sure she can trust some of those people she has in the past, including Jack a Secret Service member assigned to the White House. But Casey and Jack soon start to trust each other more and begin to work together to solve the mysterious events taking place on the White House grounds.
I enjoy reading mysteries that take in and around at the White House, as I can only imagine that things are much more difficult than is portrayed in the books. Which is very understandable for security reasons.
Looking forward to reading the next book to she how Casey and Jack handle becoming "better friends", if Casey can begin to get closure on her parents deaths when she was a child and of course being a dog lover, looking forward to more tidbits on the First Dog.
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A New Take on the White House Gardens
July 14 2012
By N. Dearman
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you enjoyed the books about the White House chef by another author. This one is just as good. You will be thoroughly entertained by the characters as well as the setting.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Send for an editor, quickly!
Jun 14 2012
By Ms. Fiona Allen
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Oh dear, Ms St James has got hold of some Scottish expressions but hasn't quite figured out how to use them. "Och, dinna mean to stomp on your toes, lass" is a sentence that would never, and I do mean never, come from a Scottish mouth. And there are other equally incongruous applications of faux dialect. Still, it's a decent enough read, although some of the minor characters are a bit sketchy, the subplot about the missing parent turns out to have a most surprising twist, and the bomb plot is a bit telegraphed.
I'd take "The Scarlet Pepper" on a plane journey or read it at the beach, but I don't plan to treasure it for any length of time.
I'd take "The Scarlet Pepper" on a plane journey or read it at the beach, but I don't plan to treasure it for any length of time.
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