Murder in the Secret Garden

Name: Murder in the Secret Garden
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ellery Adams
ISBN: 9781515970385

Author: Ellery Adams

Series: Book Retreat Mystery #3

Narrator: Johanna Parker

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/02/2016

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

There is a hidden garden bordering the grounds of Jane Steward's book-themed resort—a garden filled with beautiful but deadly plants such as mandrake and nightshade. Tucked away behind ivy-covered walls and accessible only through a single locked door, as described in the pages of Frances Hodges Burnett's classic novel, the garden is of special interest to Jane's current group of guests, the Medieval Herbalists. But when one of them turns up dead, Jane must discover whether a member of the group has come to Storyton Hall to celebrate their passion for plant lore or to implement a particularly cruel means for murder.

With thousands of books at her disposal, Jane believes that she has the proper materials to solve this deadly problem. If she's wrong, however, she may lose something far more precious than the contents of Storyton's secret library . . .

About Ellery Adams

Ellery Adams has written over forty mystery novels and can't imagine spending a day away from the keyboard. Ms. Adams, a native New Yorker, has had a lifelong love affair with stories, food, rescue animals, and large bodies of water. When not working on her next novel, she reads, bakes, gardens, spoils her three cats, and rearranges her bookshelves. She lives with her husband and two children (aka the Trolls) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on August 03, 2016

Really 4.5 stars, but I rounded up. *I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from Berkley and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions stated in this review are explicitly my own.* The Book Retreat Mysteries have become one of the series I look forward to when they're released, so......more

Goodreads review by Claudette on September 10, 2016

Just a nitpick, but there was no murder in the secret garden.......more

Goodreads review by Doward on September 08, 2016

Enter the book themed resort home of Jane Stewart as she welcomes The Medieval Herbalists group and the guests at an unusual wedding. Mix together a garden filled with poisonous plants, a local druid with a past, wedding members with secrets, new village residents and herbalists with devious plots a......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on July 31, 2022

I was enjoying this series but Jane really rubbed me the wrong way in this book. Heroines in cozies are constantly stepping on the police officers toes, I get it. But Jane is another level. She doesn’t just “do now and ask for forgiveness later”, she straight up tells the police how she is going to......more

Goodreads review by Kav on June 01, 2020

Sqquuueeeeee! I am so in love with this series! It's pure bookish delight for a bibliophile like me. Fantastic characters...including a lovely assortment of multi-generational protective hero types who quote books!!!! I can't even...And the mystery is incredibly well done -- all twisty and turny --......more