The Begonia Bribe: 2nd
in the Garden Society Cozy Mystery series by Alyse Carlson (aka: Hart
Johnson)
Roanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country’s most exquisite
gardens, and it’s Camellia Harris’s job to promote them. But when a pint-sized beauty
contest comes to town, someone decides to deliver a final judgment …A beauty pageant for little girls—the Little Miss Begonia Pageant—has decided to hold their event in a Roanoke park. Camellia is called in to help deal with the botanical details, the cute contestants, and their catty mothers. She soon realizes that the drama onstage is nothing compared to the judges row. There’s jealousy, betrayal, and a love triangle involving local newsman—and known lothario—Telly Stevens. And a mysterious saboteur is trying to stop the pageant from happening at all.
But the drama turns deadly when Stevens is found dead, poisoned by some sort of plant. With a full flowerbed of potential suspects, Cam needs to dig through the evidence to uproot a killer with a deadly green thumb.
The best of lucks to Hart and her book!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a cute book!
ReplyDeleteThe series is delightful!
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