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Birthday Blues
(2026)(The sixth book in the Nightsmith Novelties Cozy Mystery series)
A Story by Patti Benning
🌷 In Mill Creek, spring flowers aren’t the only things being unearthed…
Spring has finally arrived in the charming town of Mill Creek, Michigan, and amateur sleuth Bridget Rowan is more than ready to shake off the winter chill. With sunshine warming the trails and fresh buds blooming everywhere, it’s the perfect time to enjoy the great outdoors.
When Bridget receives an invitation to a birthday celebration at Mill Creek Lumber, it sounds like the ideal excuse for a relaxing stroll on the nearby trails. But what begins as a peaceful walk quickly turns into a disturbing discovery.
Just off the trail she finds a body that looks like it’s been there for months.
Bridget’s friend Lachlan recognizes the victim immediately. He’s a local philanthropist known throughout Mill Creek for his generosity and quiet good deeds. There’s something way more than suspicious about the discovery. It just doesn’t add up.
No one reported him missing.
In fact, Lachlan received an email from the victim a few days prior.
As Bridget begins asking questions, the quiet town’s cheerful springtime mood starts to crack. Secrets buried beneath the melting snow begin to surface, and it becomes clear someone in Mill Creek has been carefully covering their tracks.
With the help of friends, a few curious townsfolk, and her growing knack for solving mysteries, Bridget must untangle a puzzle of clues before the killer decides she’s digging a little too close to the truth.
Because in Mill Creek, some secrets were never meant to bloom.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Spring has finally arrived in the charming town of Mill Creek, Michigan, and amateur sleuth Bridget Rowan is more than ready to shake off the winter chill. With sunshine warming the trails and fresh buds blooming everywhere, it’s the perfect time to enjoy the great outdoors.
When Bridget receives an invitation to a birthday celebration at Mill Creek Lumber, it sounds like the ideal excuse for a relaxing stroll on the nearby trails. But what begins as a peaceful walk quickly turns into a disturbing discovery.
Just off the trail she finds a body that looks like it’s been there for months.
Bridget’s friend Lachlan recognizes the victim immediately. He’s a local philanthropist known throughout Mill Creek for his generosity and quiet good deeds. There’s something way more than suspicious about the discovery. It just doesn’t add up.
No one reported him missing.
In fact, Lachlan received an email from the victim a few days prior.
As Bridget begins asking questions, the quiet town’s cheerful springtime mood starts to crack. Secrets buried beneath the melting snow begin to surface, and it becomes clear someone in Mill Creek has been carefully covering their tracks.
With the help of friends, a few curious townsfolk, and her growing knack for solving mysteries, Bridget must untangle a puzzle of clues before the killer decides she’s digging a little too close to the truth.
Because in Mill Creek, some secrets were never meant to bloom.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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