num_pages: 324
description: Assigned to write a monograph about a famous sixteenth-century garden, aimless young Cambridge scholar Adam Banting visits the enigmatic garden only to discover clues that the woman to whom the garden was dedicated may have been murdered, a finding that points to a related and more recent killing. By the author of Amagansett. 75,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Savage Garden
titlecomplete: The Savage Garden
characters: Maurizio Docci, Antonella Voli, Harry Strickland, Adam Strickland, Signora Docci, Signora Fanelli, Emilio Docci, Maria, Fausto, Crispin Leonard
genres: Fiction, Historical, Italy, Gothic, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 6795
places: Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award
publisher: Putnam Adult