EG03 - The Water Lily Cross (34 page)

Thanks to Zoe Langridge for permission to use the Antelope as Kingston’s local in Belgravia.

Last but by no means least, my sincere thanks to Pete Wolverton, my editor at Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press, and to my friend, writer and editor, John Joss, who upbraids me whenever I use five words when three will do “nicely.”

ALSO BY ANTHONY EGLIN

The Blue Rose

The Lost Gardens

Notes

1

Answer is: Noticed (Not iced)

2

Answer is: Time will tell (William Tell)

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE WATER LILY CROSS. Copyright © 2007 by Anthony Eglin. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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eISBN 9781429988339

First eBook Edition : December 2011

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Eglin, Anthony.

The water lily cross : an English garden mystery / Anthony Eglin.—1st ed. p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-312-36546-2

ISBN-10: 0-312-36546-2

1. Botanists—Crimes against—Fiction. 2. Water lilies—Fiction. 3. Gardeners—Fiction. 4. Gardening—Fiction. 5. England—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3605.G53W38 2007

813’.6—dc22

2007005053

First Edition: May 2007