Lavender Lies Bleeding, Leslie Budewitz
Lavender Lies Bleeding, Leslie Budewitz
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Lavender Lies Bleeding

Author: Leslie Budewitz

Narrator: Dara Rosenberg

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/03/2026


Synopsis

Spring is in full bloom in Pike Place Market, where Pepper is celebrating lavender's culinary uses and planning a festival she hopes will become an annual event. When her friend Lavender Liz offers to share tips for promoting the much-loved—and occasionally maligned—herb, Pepper makes a trek to the charming town of Salmon Falls. But someone has badly damaged Liz's greenhouse, throwing a wrench in the feisty grower's plans for expansion. Suspicions quickly focus on an employee who's taken to the hills, though Liz herself is not convinced.

Then Liz is found dead among her precious plants, stabbed by a pruning knife. In Salmon Falls, there's one in every pocket.

Pepper digs in, untangling the tensions between Liz and a local restaurateur with eyes on a picturesque but neglected farm, a jealous ex-boyfriend determined to profit from Liz's success, and a local growers' cooperative. She's also hot on the scent of a trail of her own, sniffing out the history of her sweet dog, Arf.

As Pepper's questions threaten to unearth secrets others desperately want to keep buried, danger creeps closer to her and those she loves. Can Pepper root out the killer, before someone nips her in the bud?

About Leslie Budewitz

Leslie Budewitz is the nationally bestselling author of the Spice Shop Mysteries and the Food Lovers' Village Mysteries. She is also the author of short stories that have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Suspense Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and other publications. She is the winner of the 2013 Agatha Award for Best First Novel for Death al Dente and the 2011 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction for Books, Crooks & Counselors.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sherry on August 06, 2025

Another great book in this series.......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on July 24, 2025

Another wonderful read in a favorite series. This adventure finds Pepper spending time in Salmon Falls, a charming small town just out of the city. Using the experience of her lavender supplier and some successful retailers, she is planning a Lavender Festival in the Market, similar to the one they......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on July 24, 2025

An extra half-star for my bias for this book. In full transparency: I won a copy of this book by winning a contest from the author - my dog and I named the doggy daycare that Arf goes to in this installment of the series. She ran a contest on Facebook and since the spice shop is at Pike Place Market,......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on July 18, 2025

Great cozy! Wonderful writer, very evocative. You feel like you are there. It's like the best travel book, wrapped around an entertaining cozy mystery, the best of both worlds.......more

Goodreads review by Lori on September 13, 2025

Loved this latest addition to the series. Pepper finds herself in Salmon Falls investigating the death of her lavender supplier. Loved the setting outside the market with enough scenes still in the market. Always a joy to visit the Pacific Northwest through these books. Cannot wait for the next adve......more