The gardener's plot : a mystery /
Benoit, Deborah J.,
The gardener's plot : a mystery / - First edition. - 321 pages ; 22 cm
"A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plot's on opening day. After life threw Maggie Walker a few curveballs, she's happy to be back in the small, Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Marlowe holds many memories for her, and now it also offers a fresh start. Maggie has always loved gardening, so it's only natural to sign on to help Violet Bloom set up a community garden. When opening day arrives, Violet is nowhere to be found, and the gardeners are restless. Things go from bad to worse when Maggie finds a boot buried in one of the plots ... and there's a body attached to it. Suddenly, the police are looking for a killer and they keep asking questions about Violet. Maggie doesn't believe her friend could do this, and she's going to dig up the dirt needed to prove it. The Gardener's Plot takes readers to the heart of the Berkshires and introduces amateur sleuth Maggie Walker in Deborah J. Benoit's Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut."--
Mystery Writers of America First crime novel award winner.
9781250334978 1250334977
2024025620
Gardeners--Fiction.
Community gardens--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
PS3602.E6683 / G37 2024
813/.6
The gardener's plot : a mystery / - First edition. - 321 pages ; 22 cm
"A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plot's on opening day. After life threw Maggie Walker a few curveballs, she's happy to be back in the small, Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Marlowe holds many memories for her, and now it also offers a fresh start. Maggie has always loved gardening, so it's only natural to sign on to help Violet Bloom set up a community garden. When opening day arrives, Violet is nowhere to be found, and the gardeners are restless. Things go from bad to worse when Maggie finds a boot buried in one of the plots ... and there's a body attached to it. Suddenly, the police are looking for a killer and they keep asking questions about Violet. Maggie doesn't believe her friend could do this, and she's going to dig up the dirt needed to prove it. The Gardener's Plot takes readers to the heart of the Berkshires and introduces amateur sleuth Maggie Walker in Deborah J. Benoit's Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut."--
Mystery Writers of America First crime novel award winner.
9781250334978 1250334977
2024025620
Gardeners--Fiction.
Community gardens--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
PS3602.E6683 / G37 2024
813/.6