As the star of public television's top gardening 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. Five years ago, Louise identified Peter Hof fman as the "mulch murderer." Now he's out of a mental institution, and Louise decides to take a vacation. When Louise returns, Hoffman has been missing for seven days, and Louise is the one who finds him.buried beneath her native azal ea patch. Things get worse when one of Louise's neighbors claims to have seen her gardening when she was supposed to be on vacation. Now, Louise will have to dig up some serious clues to bring a killer to light and save her reputation.