A Botanist's Guide To Flowers And Fatality is the second book of this series that features Saffron Everleigh, a graduate student in a London University in the 1920's, who has the potential to become an outstanding botanical scientists. Being a women in a male dominated academic world presents Saffron with challenges. But, she uses these challanges to demonstrate how extraordinary is her grasp of scientific knowledge, and how skillfully she can dispatch complex problems. She has a flair for interjecting herself into situations that sometimes do not endear her with her professional colleagues......or, her romantic interests....and certainly not with perpetrators. There is much in the story that relates to plants....all aspects of plants (poisons, folklore, decorative use, medicinal value, and more). And, the material presented is accurate (scientifically and historically). People with an interest in plants will very likely enjoy this book. The writing is very well done with much interesting detail provided in descriptions of people, places, and things, and actions. I really enjoyed the author's insight into the characters and the historic period where the story unfolds. Perhaps, there were a bit more facets to the story than "necessary", but who's to say. I look forward to reading more adventures of Saffron....it will be interesting to see her mature somewhat, and to see how experience steadies her investigative approach.
I recommend this book without reservation.
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Engaging mystery
A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality was just as engaging as the first Saffron Everleigh Mystery book in my opinion. I enjoyed the addition of Dr. Michael Lee to the mix. He brought a charming balance to Saffron’s quirky nature. They also helped better each other in their scientific work. I also enjoyed how Lee took Saffron into account to assist without stepping over her. This was best shown when Saffron was requested to refresh tee for a colleague. Lee took over the situation to prevent Saffron from having to serve her male colleagues in such a way that it didn’t undermine her/make it appear that she needed a man’s help. The other aspect of this book that I particularly enjoyed was the floriography. I really enjoyed learning what the different flowers meant as a message and watching Saffron put those pieces of the mystery together. I also felt like the overall mystery was better executed this time around too. I was shocked by who the culprit was revealed to be. I also read this book via audiobook and felt that Jodie Harris once again did a great job with the narration. I would recommend checking out this audiobook.
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