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Buried in the Garden

As the weather gets warmer and the days grow longer, it's the perfect time to enjoy a garden-themed cozy mystery. You can immerse yourself in nature's beauty while indulging in a captivating mystery!

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  • Crescent Cove, a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, is the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay ever wanted to see again. Now, following his aunt’s sudden death, he’s inherited her entire estate, including her…
    BookNew York : Crooked Lane, [2023] — WADD
  • Single parent Bea Rivers discovers that her new job at Shandley Gardens is less than idyllic -- the board president has been murdered, and every one of the members of the staff and board are suspects. Through sizzling and beautiful days of…
    eBook[Place of publication not identified] : Artemesia Publishing, LLC / Independent Publishers Group, [2021]
  • When one of the Medieval Herbalists members turns up dead after finding and unlocking a garden filled with deadly plants at her book-themed resort, Jane Steward must discover which one of her guests has a penchant for poison.
    BookNew York : Berkley Prime Crime, [2016] — ADAM
  • Determined to stay in her beloved adopted country, Pru takes small, private gardening jobs throughout the city. On one such gig in Chelsea, she makes an extraordinary find. Digging in the soil of a potting shed, Pru uncovers an ancient…
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2016.
  • When her cousin, an emcee at a local fashion show, is accused of murder, flower shop owner Abby Knight teams up with Athena Spencer, whose family owns a garden center, to dig up the dirt on a growing list of suspects to weed out a killer.
    BookNew York, New York : Kensington Books, [2023] — MY COLL
  • When White House gardener Casey Calhoun is attacked by an unknown assailant and discovers a dead body, she tries to find the killer before she meets the same fate as the dead woman.
    Large PrintWaterville, Maine : Wheeler Publishing, 2011. — LP STJA
  • The Enchanted Garden behind Elliana Allbright’s perfume shop draws people of all ages with its fragrant flowers and lush greenery. But when the magical serenity is interrupted, it’s up to Ellie to sniff out a killer.
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2016.
  • The good old ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their town beautiful. The Darling Dahlias garden club is off to a good start until rumours of trouble at a bank, an escaped convict, and a ghost digging around their tree…
    BookNew York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2010. — ALBE
  • Spring has sprung in Bradley, North Carolina, and the town is buzzing as the local garden club prepares for their annual Festival of Flowers. Octogenarian Myrtle Clover is eager to showcase her exhibit and even convinced her friends Wanda…
    eBook[United States] : Elizabeth Spann Craig, 2023.
  • Pretty Poison

    [a Garden Mystery]

    Lavene, Joyce
    When Peggy Lee, a botanist, the owner of The Potting Shed, and an occasional sleuth, stumbles upon the body of Mark Warner, the wealthiest man in town, in her seasonal display, she must weed through a colourful cast of characters to catch…
    Large PrintMaine : Wheeler Publishing , 2005. — LP LAVE
  • Agatha Raisin enters a prestigious garden contest in an effort to attract the interest of bachelor James Lacey. Still, the detective part of her takes over when everyone's plants are suddenly uprooted or burned, and the prime suspect is…
    eBookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
  • When Megan gives up her law career to care for her grandmother and run the family’s organic farm and café, she expects peace and tranquillity. Instead, her goat goes missing, rain muddies her fields, the town denies her business permits,…
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC : Made available through hoopla, 2016.
  • Becca Robins leads a simple life, making jams and preserves on her very own farm. But when there's a murder in her quaint little town, she puts herself in the line of fire to defend her friend's innocence and goes from making jam to being…
    Large PrintWaterville, ME : Wheeler Publishing, 2010. — LP SHEL
  • Shiloh Bellamy cashed in her big-city job and 401K to return home to Michigan to save the family farm. However, turning Bellamy Farms into a sustainable, organic operation is no small feat, especially when her new investor is found dead at…
    eBookNaperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2021]