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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1994
  • Latest Book:
    November 2006
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Full Series List in Order

A Gardening Mystery

1 - Mulch (Jun-1994)
2 - Death of a Garden Pest (Jun-1996)
3 - Death of a Political Plant (Apr-1998)
4 - The Garden Tour Affair (Jan-1999)
5 - The Perennial Killer (May-2000)
6 - Harvest of Murder (Oct-2001)
7 - The Christmas Garden Affair (Oct-2002)
8 - Death at the Spring Plant Sale (Oct-2003)
9 - Summer Garden Murder (Aug-2005)
10 - Death in the Orchid Garden (Nov-2006)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • MURDER IN HER OWN BACKYARD Amateur gardener and housewife Louise Eldridge has big plans for her family's new Sylvan Valley home, situated among the flower of suburban Washington, D.C., society. Some Japanese iris here, some skunk cabbage there ......



  • Unearthing murderers is quickly becoming the specialty of amateur gardener and housewife Louise Eldridge.  Her horticultural skills have garnered her a
    role on the public television show Gardening with Nature.  She has cultivated a controversi...



  • Ann Ripley's horticultural heroine, Louise Eldridge, enchanted mystery lovers of all varieties in Death of a Garden Pest and Mulch.  Now she returns in a witty new tale of muckraking, murder, and deeply buried--and very dangerous--secrets.&...



  • A KILLER RUNS RAMPANT Louise Eldridge is taking her popular television show, Gardening with Nature, on location to film a garden tour at the historic Litchfield Falls Inn. It's a weekend in the country that promises rest, relaxation, and some of N...



  • SEEDS OF DEATH On location in Colorado for her syndicated television show, Gardening with Nature, filming alpine butterflies and avalanche lilies, Louise Eldridge can see why this beautiful terrain is as precious as gold. Then the pure Rocky Mount...



  • Louise Eldridge, wife, mother, and television gardening show host, finds herself caught up in the chaos of a holiday feast, a new high-tech job...and a brutal murder in her own backyard... Harvest of Murder As Thanksgiving draws near, Louise El...



  • Louise Eldridge, star of public television's top garden show, gets an invitation to the First Lady's holiday party where her brash, network rival is the center of attention. Dead center, that is... Sex sells...even in the home garden market. And ...



  • When Louise Eldridge covers the spring plant sale of the venerable Bethesda Garden Club for her television show, she finds blue-blooded traditions, deeply rooted resentments--and fertile ground for murder... Louise comes to the Bethesda Garden Clu...



  • The star of public television's top garden show, Louise Eldridge is something of a celebrity. But when a dead body is planted in her backyard, she's in for notoriety of a different kind... Summer is the season for disquiet in Louise's Sylvan Valley...






  • Louise Eldridge is taking her public television garden show on the road--to Hawaii! But the tropical paradise isn't so idyllic once murder makes an unexpected appearance... Lush with hibiscus, ficus, plumeria, and monkey-pod trees, the island of Ka...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ann Ripley has published 10 books.

Ann Ripley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death in the Orchid Garden, was published in November 2006.

The first book by Ann Ripley, Mulch, was published in June 1994.

Yes. Ann Ripley has 1 series.