Patterns of Deception
(2025)(The third book in the Patchwork Mysteries Cozy Mystery series)
A Story by Hattie Clover and Maisy Marple
Where garden secrets bloom, a mystery unfurls…
In the charming town of Millfield, where gardens bloom and secrets flourish, something precious has vanished without a trace. Eleanor Whitman's prized Blue Ribbon Rose—cultivated over five painstaking years and scheduled to be the centerpiece of the Garden Festival—has disappeared from the community greenhouse, leaving only an empty pot and a precisely cut stem.
When Mayor Phillips turns to the Patchwork Detectives for help, Dorothy "Dot" Jenkins and her friends Agatha, Frances, and Ruth know that time is of the essence. The Garden Festival is merely days away, and the valuable rose—rumored to contain unique medicinal properties worth thousands to pharmaceutical companies—must be recovered before it's too late.
As the four ladies investigate, they unearth a tangled web of motives that stretches beyond simple garden club rivalry. Could it be Victoria Sutton, Eleanor's longtime competitor who has lost to her for five consecutive years? Or Eleanor's nephew Brandon, who arrived in town claiming financial troubles? Perhaps it's Daniel Harper, a journalist supposedly writing about small-town traditions who asks suspiciously pointed questions about genetic properties? Or could Patricia Reynolds, the garden club's new treasurer, be involved, given her unusual interest in Eleanor's cultivation records?
When the Patchwork Detectives discover that the rose theft connects to a decades-old dispute between botanical research partners—Eleanor's father and Patricia's grandfather—the mystery deepens. Family legacies, scientific breakthroughs, and corporate espionage all twine together in this case that proves far more complex than a simple stolen flower.
Armed with Ruth's extensive botanical knowledge, Frankie's financial acumen, Aggie's talent for extracting information through casual conversation (and irresistible baked goods), and Dot's analytical mind, the Patchwork Detectives must recover the rose and unravel generations of secrets before the Garden Festival opens. Their investigation will lead them to midnight stakeouts with night-vision cameras, clandestine meetings in abandoned greenhouses, and ultimately, a solution that brings reconciliation to long-standing family rivalries.
"Patterns of Deception" is the third book in the charming Patchwork Mysteries series, where four retired friends prove that wisdom, friendship, and a keen eye for detail are the perfect tools for solving the mysteries that trouble their beloved town.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
In the charming town of Millfield, where gardens bloom and secrets flourish, something precious has vanished without a trace. Eleanor Whitman's prized Blue Ribbon Rose—cultivated over five painstaking years and scheduled to be the centerpiece of the Garden Festival—has disappeared from the community greenhouse, leaving only an empty pot and a precisely cut stem.
When Mayor Phillips turns to the Patchwork Detectives for help, Dorothy "Dot" Jenkins and her friends Agatha, Frances, and Ruth know that time is of the essence. The Garden Festival is merely days away, and the valuable rose—rumored to contain unique medicinal properties worth thousands to pharmaceutical companies—must be recovered before it's too late.
As the four ladies investigate, they unearth a tangled web of motives that stretches beyond simple garden club rivalry. Could it be Victoria Sutton, Eleanor's longtime competitor who has lost to her for five consecutive years? Or Eleanor's nephew Brandon, who arrived in town claiming financial troubles? Perhaps it's Daniel Harper, a journalist supposedly writing about small-town traditions who asks suspiciously pointed questions about genetic properties? Or could Patricia Reynolds, the garden club's new treasurer, be involved, given her unusual interest in Eleanor's cultivation records?
When the Patchwork Detectives discover that the rose theft connects to a decades-old dispute between botanical research partners—Eleanor's father and Patricia's grandfather—the mystery deepens. Family legacies, scientific breakthroughs, and corporate espionage all twine together in this case that proves far more complex than a simple stolen flower.
Armed with Ruth's extensive botanical knowledge, Frankie's financial acumen, Aggie's talent for extracting information through casual conversation (and irresistible baked goods), and Dot's analytical mind, the Patchwork Detectives must recover the rose and unravel generations of secrets before the Garden Festival opens. Their investigation will lead them to midnight stakeouts with night-vision cameras, clandestine meetings in abandoned greenhouses, and ultimately, a solution that brings reconciliation to long-standing family rivalries.
"Patterns of Deception" is the third book in the charming Patchwork Mysteries series, where four retired friends prove that wisdom, friendship, and a keen eye for detail are the perfect tools for solving the mysteries that trouble their beloved town.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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