Marigolds...Morning Glories...Murder


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Welcome to the Mountain Valley Garden Club! First line of business: find out why one of the garden clubs members is murdered at the first garden club meeting of the year. Mountain Valley is a quiet, horse friendly community, with hitching posts throughout the town, and colorful flowers woven in the towns countryside surroundings. One can stop at The Big Bean for a steaming cup of coffee, and swap gardening tips with a neighbor. One may even be sipping a latte, unknowingly chatting with a murderer, or sharing a muffin with the woman who makes it a habit of having affairs with other womens husbands. There is a good looking new police chief in town, and his first major case is to find a killer. Former police chief, Brice Johansson, has shared his suspicions with the new chief, which might be helpful in solving the homicide. Supposedly, Candace Hatcher, the town divorcee, is looking for a new husband. Can she perchance be dating the murderer? Is it even conceivable the murderer is one of the towns prominent senior citizens? Who knows what dark secrets lurk in the small town of Mountain Valley?




The Garden Club Murder


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Literary chef Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek's annual garden club awards, but two days before the event one of the competitors is found dead in his pristine garden. After hearing that he was the favourite to win the top prize this year, Tish can't help being drawn into the investigation...




The Garden Club Murders


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Growing, growing, gone...




The Garden Club


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It's a matter of lunch...or death! When Althea Grey, a young, pot-smoking freelance writer, comes to East Belchertown MA to write an article about the Ladies' Garden Club Edible Flowers Luncheon, she doesn't expect to find murder on the menu until one of the guests turns up dead. Was it something she ate? When all signs point to her new-found friend, Althea sets out to uncover the truth of the Edible Flowers Luncheon and orders up a deadly dish.




Death at the Spring Plant Sale


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A new story from Ripley, called "One of mysterydom's more engaging amateur sleuths," by "Kirkus Reviews." 304 p.




The Marlow Murder Club


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2023 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE, LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN AWARD "An absolute joy to read. Funny, entertaining, and beautifully written." —B. A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author A delightfully clever new mystery from creator of BBC One's hilarious murder mystery series Death in Paradise Meet Judith: a seventy-seven-year-old whiskey drinking, crossword puzzle author living her best life in a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of Marlow. Nothing ever happens in Marlow. That is, until Judith hears her neighbor shot while skinny-dipping in the Thames. The local police don't believe her story. It's an open and shut case, of course. Ha! Stefan can't be left for dead like that. Judith investigates and picks up a crew of sidekicks: Suzie the dogwalker and Becks the vicar's wife. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. When another body turns up, they realize they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape... Robert Thorogood, has turned the Christie-mystery on its head with this ever-so-sly cozy perfect for readers who love Richard Osmond's Thursday Murder Club and An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good. "Lightweight but no-nonsense and genuinely brainy"—Kirkus Reviews "Damn right funny and heartwarming...great fun"—Crime Time "I love Robert Thorogood's writing."—Peter James, international bestselling author




The Garden Club Mystery


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The DAR ladies are back -- in Robert Landrum's continuation of his late father, Graham's, delightful series. When Mrs. Marguerite Claymore, a noted horticulturist and society leader, is discovered bludgeoned to death in her own backyard, a simple robbery, is suspected. But when a series of unsolved robberies are linked to Marguerite's death, sharp-minded octogenarian Harriet Bushrow and company are brought to the scene. These keen investigators with a knack for mystery solving and a few green thumbs try to solve this mystery before their quaint Borderville, Tennessee town can see anymore disruptions. Join Landrum and his inventive cohorts as they embark on this flowering mystery.