Larkspur Hollow Garden Club Mysteries · Book One
The Buried Bloom
When Cora Whitaker turns up buried in her own prize-winning rose garden, the Larkspur Hollow Garden Club has more than aphids to worry about. Somewhere among the trowels, tea, and tightly kept secrets of a small Vermont village, one of Cora's closest neighbors is a killer — and the clues are hidden in the puzzle pages, waiting for you to find them.
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