The Botanist's Assistant - Peggy Townsend - Berkley Books

''Margaret Finch knows that when she turns fifty-one, the day won't be celebrated. Like every other day, she will follow the same meticulous routine that she's had for the past ten years as Research Assistant II for Roosevelt University's brilliant professor of botany, Dr. Jonathan Deaver. No surprises. But as it turns out, she couldn't be more wrong. On the morning of her fifty-first birthday, Margaret finds her boss lying dead in his office, a pool of blood around his once-handsome head. That day of all days marks quite the dramatic shift in her otherwise mundane life. At the time of his death, Professor Deaver was on the cusp of a discovery that could bring a new treatment for lung cancer. As expected, his death shakes the tight-knit community of academics, but the coroner rules it to have been caused by a genetic heart defect. Margaret, however, isn't so sure''--

Product Specs:
EAN/ISBN: 9780593638118

Contributor: Peggy Townsend

Call Number: PS3620.O97

Dewey: 813.6

Category: Women scientists ; Scientists ; Crimes against ; Botanists ; College teachers ; Laboratories ; Murder ; Investigaion ; Cozy mysteries ; Detective and mystery fiction

Harmonized Code: 4901.99.0075

Category: Sex & Gender | Feminine

Publish Date: 11/18/2025