Life Imitates Bioterrism Art

A news note about the ex-fiancee of Bill Nye (The Science Guy) trying to poison his vegetable garden in Studio City, CA, caused me chills. This sounded suspiciously similar to the plot of THE GARDEN OF EVIL, a murder mystery novel by Chris Holmes. In the book, a bioterrorist mounts an assault of a slightly broader scale, resulting in five dead and 26 sickened from eating biologically poisoned local veggies.

Apparently the culprit in Nye's case, author Blair Tindall (Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music), was observed sneaking into his garden with fluid-filled bottles. She has admitted the jugs contained a weed killer. Nye sought a restraining order. Indeed!