"A TWIST OF ORCHIDS Michelle Wan Doubleday Canada ... a passion for orchids... element of crime fiction ... Michelle Wan... orchid-related crime... her series spinning around the... plant, specifically as it appears in the Dordogne region of France.
In her previous books -- Deadly Slipper and The Orchid Shroud -- Wan sent... interior decorator Mara Dunn to France to try to trace her long-missing sister, an orchid enthusiast who disappeared on a hiking holiday. ... There, Mara hooked up with... botanist Julian Wood to eventually learn her sister's fate, then stuck around to start building a renovation career as well as a romance with... Julian. Now in A Twist of Orchids, they're more or less living together, but with some strains. Mara keeps wanting to talk about "the relationship" and resents playing second fiddle to orchids... Julian, however, is also distraught that a researcher and grower has hired Julian's rival to find an elusive, possibly non-existent orchid in the region. If Julian doesn't find this orchid-grail first, he fears it will be lost to the greed and corruption of his competitors. ... Readers who don't share Julian's dedication to orchids can nevertheless empathize with it through whatever their own obsessions may be." URL : http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/OtherEntertainment/2008/09/14/pf-6759911.html ************** Comments on Michelle Wan's books (series related to orchids) would be appreciated. Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
