Cozy Mystery : The Victim Did It First

Description

Some secrets take root deeper than the truth.

Garden writer Nell Hartley arrives in the coastal village of Carne Cove, expecting a quieter life surrounded by gardens, plants, and the sea. But when respected gardener Rosalind Vane is found dead at the bottom of her garden steps, Nell notices something that others have overlooked—a carefully cultivated foxglove growing nearby.

What initially appears to be a tragic death soon raises troubling questions.

As Nell begins looking into Rosalind’s past, she uncovers old rivalries, buried grievances, forgotten records, and a decades-old death that may have been something far more sinister than anyone believed.

The deeper Nell investigates, the more she discovers a connection between Rosalind’s death and a secret that has remained hidden for thirty years.

But the truth is not as simple as finding a murderer.

When Nell finally discovers what happened, she is forced to confront an uncomfortable question: what happens when the victim was responsible for a terrible crime of her own?

Cozy Mystery : The Victim Did It First:

is a literary cozy mystery set in a coastal English village, combining botanical clues, village secrets, hidden history, and a morally complicated investigation.

It is the first Carne Cove Mystery, introducing Nell Hartley, a garden writer and reluctant detective, and a village where the past has a way of growing back.