Pruning the Dead, Julia Henry
Pruning the Dead, Julia Henry
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Pruning the Dead

Author: Julia Henry

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/29/2019

Synopsis

With hundreds flocking to her inaugural garden party, meticulous Lilly Jayne hasnt left a single petal out of place. But the picture-perfect gathering turns unruly upon the arrival of Merilee Frank, Lilys ex-husbands catty third wife. Merilee lives for trouble, so no one is surprised after she drinks too much, shoves a guest into the koi pond, and gets escorted off the property. The real surprise comes days laterwhen Merilee is found dead in a pile of mulch. Lilly wishes she could stick to pruning roses and forget about Merilees murderuntil her best friend and ex become suspects in the overgrown homicide case. Now, aided by the Garden Squad, an unlikely group of amateur crime solvers with a knack for planting, Lilly knows she has limited time to identify the true culprit and restore order to Goosebushbecause if the murderers plot isnt nipped in the bud, another victim could be pushing up daisies!

About Julia Henry

Julia Henry works in the arts, teaches, and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She currently writes as Julianne Holmes and J.A. Hennrikus. A blogger for the Wicked Cozy Authors and Killer Characters, she enjoys writing cozy mysteries. For more information, visit jhauthors.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie

Pruning the Dead by Julia Henry is the first book of the cozy A Garden Squad Mystery series. As with most cozy series the story within will be a self contained one with the mystery being wrapped up in the one book and a new mystery in each additional book of the series.  This series features an older......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Lilly Jayne is opening up her garden for a garden party for the first time in years, a first step toward getting back into life in Goosebush, Massachusetts, after the death of her husband. Unfortunately, getting back into life in Goosebush includes dealing with her first husband's current wife. Meri......more

Goodreads review by Doward

Aches and pains don't slow sixty-five year old Lilly Jayne down as she preps her show place gardens for their first viewing in a few years. Her palatial home, Windward, in Goosebush, Massachusetts has acres of gardens and Lily Jayne is throwing her first open garden tour since her beloved second hus......more

Goodreads review by Lisa Ks Book Reviews

Author Julia Henry aka J. A. Hennrikus aka Julianne Holmes, sure knows how to pen a tale no matter what name she uses. If this first book in the Garden Squad Mysteries is any indication of what the rest of the series will be like, I need to clear my shelves for the next installments! One of the thin......more

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