Velma's Clues Cozy Mystery Book Club: The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate

We continue our Cozy Mystery Book Club. Every month the club reads a cozy mystery that is the first one in a series. You may come in person to the program or attend virtually using Teams. Contact Judy Coon to get the Team sign-in information. This month's selection is The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate. This is the first novel in the Potting Shed Mystery series.

Discover a page-turning cozy mystery, set amid the stunning flora and fauna of an English country garden. Meet Prunella ‘Pru’ Parke, an American gardener who digs up murder and mystery wherever she goes. Dallas girl Pru’s always dreamed of living in England — a country of lush green gardens, endless drizzle and ruggedly handsome groundskeepers. She moves to London on a whim, to find that no one in the city wants to hire her. Except for wealthy Vernona Wilson, who’s quite desperate to be rid of her unsightly old potting shed. Pru dusts off her spade and gets to work, under the watchful eye of a snooping neighbor. She expects to dig up dirt. But nothing like this. An ancient Roman mosaic and a bludgeoned body. Whose secrets has she stumbled on, buried in the soil? Dishy Detective Christopher Pearse is on the case. But Pru can’t wait for him to piece it all together.

‘A fine mix of mystery . . . history, archaeology, gardening . . . and the romantic subplot . . . makes this mystery stand out.’