Murder. It’s a perennial problem. Verity Hawkes is a shut-in. After two years bunkered in her apartment, the only thing that gets her out is the disappearance of her beloved but eccentric aunt. As she takes over her aunt’s landscaping shop, she’ll need to go from hoarder to horticulturist in a hurry… obnoxious client. When a series of freak accidents kills the customer, all signs point to Verity as the killer.
The hunt for answers is on, and Verity must question a tipsy carpenter, a bacon-peddling vegan baker, and her dreamy landscaping competitor to keep her new life afloat. Failure to find the truth could put her back in a confined space for much more than two years…
From Garden To Grave is the first book in a series of delightfully funny cozy mysteries. If you like lovably quirky characters, deceptively idyllic Canadian villages, and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love Rickie Blair’s Leafy Hollow Mysteries.
Buy From Garden To Grave to plant a new seed of mystery today!
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Light and fun
Enjoyed the characters and felt like I was getting to know them enough that I look forward to meeting them in future books. Well written and fun to read. Rickie Blair is an author I will be watching to see what comes next.
Murder and intrigue follow Verity Hawkes to Leafy Hollow. An anxiety-plagued recluse, Verity, is convinced to fly to Leafy Hollow after her estranged aunt’s disappearance. Verity and her new found friends are bungling investigators. They will be lucky to survive this adventure. Many of us live in small communities like Leafy Hollow. We KNOW some of these characters. From Garden to Grave is a fun Who-Dunit? with humorous twists and turns.
a delightful “cozy”. super fast fun read.
Unpredictable character who-done-it.
Cozy mystery that I enjoyed spending the time to read. Not sure about some things that were still a mystery though.
Easy light read.
Loved this book.
This is just a fun read. I think the author may have a real Tim Hortons addiction, but when I am in Canada, I enjoy a maple cream donut myself!
Simply written which made it more enjoyable for me. The past month has been extremely stressful. I found this book not “just” entertaining, but had me in stiches laughing out loud so often. Laughter is the best medicine.
Cute cozy mystery. Liked the characters.
This is a good summer read. The mystery remains a mystery until the very end. Woman inherits Aunt’s landscape business and must move to new town. Characters are hilarious. Turns out that the Aunt may be a spy.
Very well written and amusing!
The plot is different from recent reads and I enjoyed characters.
Crazy, fun, entertaining. This is a sure fire remedy for a summer slump.
A fun read.
The series is really enjoyable easy read
Really enjoyed the characters
I found it a bit silly at the start and wasn´t sure if i would like it, but by chapter 3 i started getting in to it and by the end of the story I loved it. This novel is very well written, easy to read and fun characters which i found easy to imagine. Full of twists and turns and some laughs too.
Definitely recommend reading or listening too.
This review is based on an audio book I received from Audiobooks Unleashed and wanted to give an honest review.
Verity Hawkes has been hiding out in her B.C. condo and not dealing with the world since the death of her husband two years ago, but when she gets a call from her eccentric aunt’s lawyer back in Ontario to let her know that said aunt’s car was found in the river and she is presumed dead, Verity heads home to clean up the mess and, maybe, solve the mystery.
When she arrives, she finds her aunts business and her beloved Rose Cottage both teetering on the edge of collapse … and then people start turning up dead.
This was an entertaining romp through a lovingly cast and relatively accurate small town rural Ontario. Verity and her Leafy Hollow acquaintances are quirky, opinionated and a lot of fun, and the series of “who dun it’s” , including what really happened to her missing aunt kept me following the clues to the very end.
I enjoyed this story … probably enough to look up the next story. If only to find out what I don’t yet know about Verity’s missing – but almost certainly not dead – aunt.