Bloody BonsaiJames P. (Jim) Dandy, a grieving widower, could hardly believe he'd agreed to go to an Elderhostel to learn to grow and care for bonsai trees. He didn't feel up to meeting new people alone. But Jim went and he met some real corkers - artist Dodee Swisher who set his heart on fire; his gruff, ex-army-man roommate; a raven-haired gymnast who exercised on the balcony every morning. Any one of them could have rammed that bonsai tree into the chest of a motel employee, but the authorities were clearly focusing their attention on Jim and Dodee... |
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