Gardening cozy mysteries to plot into your TBRs
- Dane Luna
- Jun 15
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 15
The health benefits of tending to a garden are well known. But in cozy mysteries, the garden also provides a perfect plot for murder.
Here are three gardening cozy mystery books with killer plots, deep-rooted secrets and viny twists and turns that will plant seeds of doubt and keep you guessing.
Dante has come to the small coastal town of Te Kohe, New Zealand, for a fresh start in life. But he doesn't want to open a BnB, or save a charming bookshop, or start a romance with a single mother in need of rescuing.
He just wants to forget about his past career (which involved a lot of dead bodies) and have everyone leave him the heck alone. Unfortunately for Dante, life has other plans....
Cotswolds transplant Agatha Raisin comes back to the town of Carsely to find she has a new rival in trying to win over the affections of her neighbor James Lacey.
The entire village seems enamored by newcomer Mary Fortune, whose green thumb shines as Garden Open Day draws near.
Agatha Raisin, with no gardening skills whatsoever, feels defeated, until a murder takes place. She may not know how to garden, but she can definitely uproot buried secrets to find the murderer.
Prunella Parke moves to London and hopes to use her American gardening skills across the pond, except the only job she can find is to work on the unsightly potting shed of wealthy Vernona Wilson.
But Pru might've dug up more than what she bargained for when she finds an ancient Roman mosaic and a bludgeoned body.
Thankfully, Detective Christopher Pearse is on the case, and they work together to uncover the plot of a murderer.
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