Authors: Marty Wingate
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Potting Shed Mystery (Potting Shed Mystery series Book 3) (25 page)
Many thanks to Shauna Hay, Press & Marketing Manager, and David Knott, Curator of the Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for allowing me a behind-the-scenes look at the Botanics, after which I distorted the real world to suit my story.
Archibald Menzies is best known for introducing the monkey puzzle tree,
Araucaria araucana
, into European cultivation, and for his plant exploring in the Pacific Northwest. I got to know Mr. Menzies by reading his journal, housed at the British Library—except, of course, for that missing last year (found only within these pages, along with the invented history of that pesky fuchsia). For more on Mr. Menzies, see
Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter
by James McCarthy.
Continuous appreciation goes to my critique group and fellow authors—Kara Pomeroy, Joan Shott, and Louise Creighton—and to my good friend Victoria Summerley for her generous response to my constant questions on Scottish and English language and culture.
The best editor offers both praise and appropriate suggestions—that is the very definition of Dana Isaacson at Alibi. Thanks to my agent, Colleen Mohyde, who is always available.
With many thanks to Edinburgh for the lovely city it is, the Colonies, and our local, The Stockbridge Tap. Leighton, as always, much love.
Y
M
ARTY
W
INGATE
The Potting Shed Mysteries
The Garden Plot
The Red Book of Primrose House
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The Rhyme of the Magpie
PHOTO: MARY M. PALMER
In addition to the Potting Shed Mysteries, M
ARTY
W
INGATE
is also the author of
The Rhyme of the Magpie
, a Birds of a Feather Mystery. A well-known speaker on gardens and travel, she has written numerous nonfiction books on gardening, including
Landscaping for Privacy
. Marty’s garden articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including
The American Gardener,
and
Country Gardens
. She is hard at work on her next novel.
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