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Peter Pringle Day of the Dandelion
DECEMBER 1 Simon & Schuster 2010 1451623968 / 9781451623963 Reprint Edition Paperback New Ships in 10-14 Day After Release date
In this entertaining thriller, the theft of some seeds at an Oxford University botanical laboratory nearly results in some decidedly bad guys gaining monopolistic control of the world's food supply. Journalist Pringle gives a contemporary threat an old-fashioned overlay with his introduction of a hero with strong whiffs of Holmesian Victoriana clinging to him: Arthur Hemmings is a gentleman detective, a middle-aged (but sexy) botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens by day and an agent (spy) for the Office of Food Security whenever a threat is spotted. The current threat comes from the race to find a gene that controls plant reproduction--first to come up with the gene can rule the world food supply. A professor and his lab assistant both disappear from the lab, with the quick reappearance of the prof floating face down in the Thames. Intriguing forensic botany, exciting action, with a somewhat hokey but still entertaining hero. Connie Fletcher. 9781451623963 0.00
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