Larkspur Hollow Garden Club Mysteries · Book Three
The Blighted Bough
The whole of Larkspur Hollow turns out for the Harvest Festival — the cider press running, the orchards heavy, the Green strung with lanterns. Then, on the second morning, Hal Bradley is found dead in the cider cellar. Everyone calls it a terrible accident, but retired schoolteacher Nell Ashworth calls it murder. Somewhere among the orchards, the cider barrels, and the village's long-kept secrets, one of six neighbors is a killer — and the clues are hidden in the puzzle pages, waiting for you to find them.
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Work the word-search puzzles scattered through the book. Each hides a leftover clue — a name, a motive, a method, a place. Piece the four together, then come back here and submit your verdict for an official reply from Nell (and a bonus for solvers who crack it).