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A Thorny Plot
2019
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4.37
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300
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The beautiful gardens are in full bloom at Castleton Manor in Lighthouse Bay, Massachusetts. The upscale literary retreat provides the perfect backdrop for the Hidden Treasures Literary and Gardening Retreat as authors, gardening enthusiasts, and horticulturists descend on the manor. Everything's coming up roses for librarian Faith Newberry as she welcomes her parents to the retreat and prepares for her upcoming wedding with Wolfe Jaxon, co-owner of the manor. But her festive mood withers when the retreat takes a disturbing turn and a guest dies. The death is ruled a murder, and Faith and her friends in the Candle House Book Club set out to dig up clues. But their investigation proves to be thorny. The victim had enemies in spades, and the list of suspects continues to grow. Meanwhile, Faith's clever cat, Watson, hits pay dirt when he makes an incredible discovery. How far will someone go to bury the truth? Faith and her friends must root out the sinister plot before someone else is pushing up daisies.

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Catherine Dilts
Catherine Dilts
Author · 4 books

Catherine Dilts prefers writing cozy mysteries and short stories surrounded by flowers on her sunny deck, but any day – and anywhere – spent writing is a good day. Author of the Rock Shop Mystery series, and the stand-alone Survive Or Die with Encircle Publications, Catherine also writes for Annie’s Publishing, contributing three books for the Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library and two for the new Annie’s Museum of Mysteries series. Her short story HazMat Holiday appears in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine January/February 2022 issue. You can learn more about Catherine’s fiction at http://www.catherinedilts.com/ Contact her at catdiltsauthor@gmail.com.

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