Nineteen tales of mystery and suspense include Agatha Christie's story of a poisoned matriarch, Ruth Rendell's spin on a flesh-eating plant, and Edward D. Hoch's puzzler about a gypsy detective.

Contents:

• Introduction by Cynthia Manson (editor)
• How Does Your Garden Grow? by Agatha Christie
• The Cop Who Loved Flowers by Henry Slesar
• Garden of Evil by Carol Cail
• Clubbed to Death by Donald Olson
• The Garden of Smoke by G.K. Chesterton
• The Price of Tomatoes by William Bunce
• Early Retirement by Frances Usher
• Venus's-Flytrap by Ruth Rendell
• The Puzzle Garden by Edward D. Hoch
• One Last Picture by Sherita Saffer Campbell
• A Curtain of Green by Eudora Welty
• The Scent of Murder by Frances & Richard Lockridge
• Three Men in a Garden by Lord Dunsany
• The Ronnie by K.D. Wentworth
• The Ghost in the Garden by Dan Crawford
• Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Parrots in My Garden by Dorothy B. Davis
• The Azalea War by Wyc Toole
• The Mushroom Fanciers by Lawrence Treat