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The Scarlet Pepper

Dorothy St. James

"As the official organic gardener for the White House, Casey Calhoun is usually up to her elbows in something or other. But when someone starts tampering with the Presidential vegetable garden, she soon finds herself in way over her head. As if it wasn't bad enough that red peppers are growing instead of green ones and cabbage is popping up where the First Lady's favorite lettuce should be -- a hard-nosed investigative reporter is found dead after targeting the President's unpopular Chief of Staff. Raking over the clues and rumors, Casey knows that someone is sabotaging both her garden and the First Lady's reputation. But when she has one close call too many, Casey realizes that the next thing buried in the dirt might just be her -- "--p.4 of cover.

GenresGardenersFictionPresidents' spousesUnited StatesInvestigative reportingGardens

312 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 2012 by Berkley Publishing Group · ISBN 9780425247044

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3 editions

English

  • The Scarlet Pepper · Berkley Publishing Group · 2012 · ISBN 9780425247044 This page
  • The scarlet pepper · Wheeler Pub. · 2012 · ISBN 9781410451811
  • The Scarlet Pepper · Penguin US · 2012 · ISBN 9781101561614

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