While working as a greenhouse manager for the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California, her book, “Devil’s Garden: An Encyclopaedia of Toxic Plants,” was published in 1918. So, in addition to her day job, Mariah became a consultant on poisoning deaths. And now, in 1920, she finds herself involved in the investigation of three murders in the Bay Area – and in a romance, with her best friend. And all of this, while passing for white and worried that someone will find out.
