Murder in the Moonflower Garden

🌺 Murder in the Moonflower GardenApprox. 85,000 words A lush botanical mystery with a deadly twistIn the heart of a tropical paradise, where moonflowers bloom under silver skies and secrets fester beneath the soil, a celebrated horticulturist is found dead-poisoned in her own garden. When amateur sleuth and plant enthusiast Lila Quinn arrives to catalog the rare flora, she uncovers more than exotic blooms: tangled relationships, buried motives, and a killer who knows how to prune without mercy.As Lila digs deeper into the verdant world of botanical obsession, she must navigate a maze of lies, rivalries, and whispered legends. With every petal she uncovers, the danger grows-and the garden's beauty becomes its most lethal weapon.Perfect for fans of atmospheric mysteries, garden lore, and strong female leads, Murder in the Moonflower Garden is a sensory-rich whodunit that will keep readers guessing until the final bloom falls Maisie Thorne is a mid-career author known for her charming cozy mysteries with a touch of historical intrigue. Her novels are celebrated for their strong female leads, atmospheric settings, and intricate plots. Before turning to fiction writing, Maisie worked as a history teacher and continues to draw inspiration from her love of the past and her deep appreciation for small-town life. She lives in Willowbrook, Vermont, with her watchmaker husband, their opinionated tabby cat Thistle, and a vast collection of antique clocks.Her previous novel, A Stitch in Crime, follows seaside embroiderer Marnie Swift as she unravels the chilling secrets hidden in an antique quilt mysteriously linked to unsolved disappearances in the town's haunted past. Her next book, Murder in the Moonflower Garden, introduces herbalist Addie Green, who must decode a cryptic will and uncover the truth behind her mentor's suspicious death in a garden teeming with deadly secrets and botanical intrigue.Whether set in sleepy villages or shadowed flowerbeds, Maisie's novels reveal that no town is too quaint for a good mystery-and no heroine too ordinary to solve it.