Corpse in the Camellias
(2026)(The fourth book in the Claire Whitmore Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Adeline Krupp
When gardens hide deadly secrets, even the sweetest blooms can kill.
Innkeeper Claire Whitmore expected Saltcliff Cove's annual Garden Tour to showcase her newly restored grounds—not end with the garden club's imperious matriarch dead among her prize camellias. When Claire's intuitive cat Gatsby refuses to enter the crime scene and she notices details everyone else dismisses, she can't ignore the truth: Vivienne Ballon didn't die of natural causes.
The victim's estranged daughter returned just months ago, desperate for an inheritance she's been denied. The rival gardener who lost fifteen consecutive competitions made no secret of his hatred. But Claire's investigation uncovers something far more sinister—a secret society of powerful women who've controlled Saltcliff for sixty years, and a connection to Claire's own family that someone will kill to keep buried.
When warning camellias appear on her doorstep and another witness is attacked, Claire realizes the murderer's patience has run out—and she's next on the list.
Genre: Mystery
Innkeeper Claire Whitmore expected Saltcliff Cove's annual Garden Tour to showcase her newly restored grounds—not end with the garden club's imperious matriarch dead among her prize camellias. When Claire's intuitive cat Gatsby refuses to enter the crime scene and she notices details everyone else dismisses, she can't ignore the truth: Vivienne Ballon didn't die of natural causes.
The victim's estranged daughter returned just months ago, desperate for an inheritance she's been denied. The rival gardener who lost fifteen consecutive competitions made no secret of his hatred. But Claire's investigation uncovers something far more sinister—a secret society of powerful women who've controlled Saltcliff for sixty years, and a connection to Claire's own family that someone will kill to keep buried.
When warning camellias appear on her doorstep and another witness is attacked, Claire realizes the murderer's patience has run out—and she's next on the list.
Genre: Mystery
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