Deadly Slipper

A reclusive English botanist helps a woman search for the truth about her missing orchid enthusiast sister in southwestern France in this moody and elegant suspense story (The Washington Post Book World).Nearly twenty years have passed since Mara Dunns sister Bedie an orchid enthusiast disappeared while on a hiking holiday in southwestern France. Mara remains determined to find out what happenedbut her only real clue is a sequence of wild orchids including a mysterious previously unknown Ladys Slipper captured on a roll of film found in Bedies long-lost camera. With the help of Julian Wood a reclusive English botanist Mara begins her searchstumbling into decades worth of local secrets and putting herself in danger. Rich in lush descriptions of the Dordogne and laden with savory details of French cooking Deadly Slipper is rife with surprising twists and turns.