Thorns in the Garden: A Holloway Hollow Cozy Mystery

A stolen prize rose. A dead gardening champion. And a greeting-card writer who really, really should mind her own business. When Miriam Ashby arrives at Emerson Wyatt's cottage clutching a monogrammed handkerchief and a suspicious story about her missing rose hybrid, seven years in the making, worth a small fortune, and entered in the village's prestigious Midsummer Bloom Festival, Emerson chalks it up to small-town dramatics. She's between contracts anyway. How hard can it be to find a flower? 

Emerson Wyatt didn't set out to be a sleuth. She set out to pay her oil bill. But with her corkboard filling up with index cards, her African violet leaning toward the window, and a community of charming suspects who all seem to know more than they're saying, she can't quite stop herself from digging. What she uncovers goes far deeper than botanical rivalry — debts hidden behind impeccable manners, a blackmail arrangement worth years of silence, and a stolen cutting that someone was willing to kill to protect. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Alexander McCall Smith, and M.C. Beaton.