Murder Rooted in Secrets
(2026)(The ninth book in the Amelia Clark Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Kara Post
A charming garden tour. A famous guest with too many enemies. And one very dead body among the flowers.
Retired librarian Amelia Clark had spent months restoring her late aunt’s garden for Maple Shores’ annual Garden Tour. She expected prize-worthy roses and small-town gossip, not celebrity gardener Grant Bellamy dead beside Aunt Eleanor’s favorite bench.
With her golden retriever Duke sniffing out trouble and bakery-owner best friend Nora serving pastries with a side of gossip, Amelia started digging into Grant’s past.
The suspect list grew faster than Florida jasmine. Botanist Simon Vale had accused Grant of stealing a valuable discovery, while his estranged daughter Claire arrived with family secrets.
Then Amelia discovered her aunt might have left behind proof someone desperately wanted buried.
With old grudges taking root and a killer determined to protect the truth, Amelia had to uncover what Grant came searching for before she became the next victim in her own garden.
Genre: Mystery
Retired librarian Amelia Clark had spent months restoring her late aunt’s garden for Maple Shores’ annual Garden Tour. She expected prize-worthy roses and small-town gossip, not celebrity gardener Grant Bellamy dead beside Aunt Eleanor’s favorite bench.
With her golden retriever Duke sniffing out trouble and bakery-owner best friend Nora serving pastries with a side of gossip, Amelia started digging into Grant’s past.
The suspect list grew faster than Florida jasmine. Botanist Simon Vale had accused Grant of stealing a valuable discovery, while his estranged daughter Claire arrived with family secrets.
Then Amelia discovered her aunt might have left behind proof someone desperately wanted buried.
With old grudges taking root and a killer determined to protect the truth, Amelia had to uncover what Grant came searching for before she became the next victim in her own garden.
Genre: Mystery