beth groundwater is an american author who has written two novels in the claire hanover gift basket designer mystery series, "a real basket case" and "to hell in a handbasket". the first, published in march, 2007, was put up for the best first novel agatha award in 2007. the sequel, "to hell in a handbasket" was published in may, 2009. she writes in the mystery genre, and has also written several short stories.