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The Orchid Grower - A Short Story

Katia Lief

Lena, alone in her house in the middle of the night, surprises an intruder who expected to have the upper hand. In the days that follow, she tends her prized orchid while hiding evidence of her growing list of crimes.

Derringer Award nomination, 2016

Praise for Katia Lief's crime fiction:

"Nail-biting suspense." (Richard Montanari)

"Mesmerizing." (Lisa Gardner)

"A new force to reckon with in...suspense." (Donna Anders)

"Suspense at a high level." (Midwest Book Review)

"Taut, clean storytelling." (Publishers Weekly)

GenresFictionShort Stories (single author)Mystery & DetectiveThrillersPsychologicalSuspense

11 pages

English edition · First published 2017 by Blue Table Books · ISBN 9780988746220

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