Pruning For Murder

Rose Pemberton thought she'd left corporate backstabbing behind when she moved to the quiet town of Bloomfield Springs. All she wanted was to tend her inherited garden and find peace in her new Garden Club. But when the club's reigning rose champion is found dead in his greenhouse—surrounded by his own dying prize-winners—Rose's business instincts kick in. The police call it a heart attack. Rose calls it suspicious. Harold Whitmore's roses don't just wilt overnight, and neither do sixty-two-year-old men who know their way around every plant toxin in town. As Rose digs deeper into Harold's final weeks, she uncovers a web of municipal corruption, property schemes, and deadly secrets that someone will kill to protect. With the help of her Garden Club allies—sharp-tongued librarian Violet, warm-hearted Betty, and practical landscaper Jim—Rose must root out the truth before the killer decides she's the next problem that needs... pruning. In Bloomfield Springs, even the most beautiful gardens can hide the darkest secrets. Pruning for Murder is the first in The Bloomfield Garden Club Mysteries—a cozy series where small-town secrets bloom into deadly mysteries.