Synopsis

The silence of the crime scene was absolute, broken only by the frantic pulse in Detective Harding’s temples. Each lead had withered, each clue dissolved into a frustrating impasse. Then, an anomaly. A witness. Not human, but undeniably present: a potted fern, thriving in the corner of the victim's study. Doubt warred with desperation as Harding approached the plant. Could it truly hold the key? Could chlorophyll-fueled life possess the capacity for observation and recall? The questions f