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Jack Haines' greenhouse is broken into, yet only expensive orchids are destroyed and no other damage or theft occurs. The incident puzzles the homeowners, but Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan believes there is a darker story to uncover in what appears to be a trivial crime.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Catherine Aird
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