Murder, beer-smuggling, corruption, steamy passions... your backyard garden has never been so interesting! Called on an accidental heat-death, the best sleuth of the Greater Garden Police Department suspects foul play. Officer Gowoon slogs her way through her investigation, among the low-lifes and beer-smugglers, warding off mating attempts from obnoxious colleagues and keeping a wary eyestalk for those lightning-fast giants roaming the territory. Fortunately, she can count on brawny Zgouish for assistance, but his bad-slogger charm instills fuzzy feeling under her shell...Soon she finds herself head over shell engulfed in a murky case that could spell the end of her career in the GGPD... and of her life.Michèle Laframboise is a multiple award-winning author of several SF novels, who doesn't hesitate to dirty her hands... in the garden soil!