The Orchid Shroud

The Orchid ShroudBy: Michelle Wan Series: Death in the DordogneInterior decorator Mara Dunn and orchidologist Julian Wood team up again to solve two murders in Michelle Wans charming new botanical mystery. Mara is renovating the manor house of the wealthy Christophe de Bonfond when she discovers the body of a murdered infant. The body, concealed for more than a century, brings to light unexpected and critical information on an elusive Lady's Slipper orchid that Julian

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