Thyme Will Tell - celebrating mystery, romance and the "powerful grace" of heirloom plants.  www.thymewilltell.com

Books by Ann Ripley - includes The Perennial Killer, Death at the Spring Plant Sale and Mulch.  www.mountainvalleygrower.com/books/ripleybooks.htm

Radical Prunings by Bonnie Thomas Abbott - a novel of officious advice from the contessa of compost.