Murder at Butterfield Acres
(2026)(The sixth book in the Winnie Cooper Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Poppy Hastings
A dead body. A dying garden. And a market full of motives.
Winnie Cooper left a Seattle bank job for a quirky cafe in small-town Montana and a scrappy terrier named Cookie, both inherited from her free-spirited Aunt May.
Now the cafe anchors Juniper Point, and a new community farm is taking root behind it.
But the garden won't grow. The fix sends Winnie to Butterfield Acres Farmers’ Market.
By Saturday afternoon, Marlon Voss is dead at the bottom of a rotting root cellar, and half the town looks guilty.
A gardener with land on the line.
🐛 A compost teacher insulted in front of his customers.
���� A rival seed seller with an old score to settle.
🫖 Even the herbalist has a history pointing to motive.
Winnie leans on Kit, her book-loving best friend, and the granny gossip trio who feel more like family than friends. Hunter, the grumpy butcher next door, stands closer than he ever has. And Cookie her sidekick won't stop pulling at the lead nobody notices.
There are no quiet mornings at the cafe with a killer on the loose.
Can Winnie save her friends and the town that’s become her home?
Pour a cup of tea. Lock the door. Juniper Point isn't as safe as it looks.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Winnie Cooper left a Seattle bank job for a quirky cafe in small-town Montana and a scrappy terrier named Cookie, both inherited from her free-spirited Aunt May.
Now the cafe anchors Juniper Point, and a new community farm is taking root behind it.
But the garden won't grow. The fix sends Winnie to Butterfield Acres Farmers’ Market.
By Saturday afternoon, Marlon Voss is dead at the bottom of a rotting root cellar, and half the town looks guilty.
A gardener with land on the line.
🐛 A compost teacher insulted in front of his customers.
���� A rival seed seller with an old score to settle.
🫖 Even the herbalist has a history pointing to motive.
Winnie leans on Kit, her book-loving best friend, and the granny gossip trio who feel more like family than friends. Hunter, the grumpy butcher next door, stands closer than he ever has. And Cookie her sidekick won't stop pulling at the lead nobody notices.
There are no quiet mornings at the cafe with a killer on the loose.
Can Winnie save her friends and the town that’s become her home?
Pour a cup of tea. Lock the door. Juniper Point isn't as safe as it looks.
Genre: Cozy Mystery