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  • The Curse of the Giant Hogweed

  • The Peter Shandy Mysteries, Book 5
  • By: Charlotte MacLeod
  • Narrated by: John McLain
  • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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The Curse of the Giant Hogweed

By: Charlotte MacLeod
Narrated by: John McLain
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Chasing a vile English plant, Professor Peter Shandy and his friends go on a most peculiar trip.

The giant hogweed, a creeping menace known for crushing the life out of any plant foolish enough to get in its way, has put the hedgerows and pastures of the English countryside in jeopardy. Fishermen find their streams clogged, young lovers are caught with rashes in embarrassing places, and the English nudist colony has been all but exterminated. Only Peter Shandy, the famed horticulturalist responsible for the world's finest rutabaga, can save the day. But when Shandy and his colleagues set out to find hogweed samples, they stumble into an unusually mystical adventure. Quite by accident, Shandy trips through a publican's portal and finds himself conversing with a giant. Trapped in a land of castles, wizards, and knights, Shandy must use every scrap of his horticultural genius to get back home - lest the hogweed triumph in his absence.

©1985 Charlotte MacLeod (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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so weird

The Peter Shandy series is a fun cozy mystery series set in a fictional New England college town. In this book the characters are suddenly and apparently magically transported to fairy-tale medieval England. A very odd story, especially for a cozy mystery series.

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Skip this one

This is an Alice-in-Wonderland-type story that disappoints this cozy mystery lover. Skip book 5 in this series and go on with the rest. Sorry I spent money on this one.

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