A Trowel Affair
(2026)(The second book in the Bellford Garden Society Mysteries series)
A Story by Cynthia Rowan
A prestigious flower show.
A judge with a talent for making enemies.
And a murder that turns Bellford into a crime scene overnight.
Meg Trammell agreed to help organize the Piedmont Flower Show. Logistics? Easy.
Managing a room full of competitive gardeners with sharp tools and sharper grudges? Less easy.
Then the judge ends up dead in the greenhouse.
Now the Garden Society is under suspicion.
Donna Faye has motive.
Half the exhibitors have alibis that feel… flexible.
And Meg is once again standing way too close to a body.
With reputations on the line and the entire event unraveling, Meg has to dig through secrets, rivalries, and a whole lot of very polite hostility to find the truth.
Because in Bellford, competition isn’t just fierce'''
it’s fatal.
A Trowel Affair is perfect for readers who love:
Murder at a high-stakes event
Amateur sleuth with a talent for trouble
Small-town secrets and sharp humor
Slow-burn romance simmering under the surface
Genre: Mystery
A judge with a talent for making enemies.
And a murder that turns Bellford into a crime scene overnight.
Meg Trammell agreed to help organize the Piedmont Flower Show. Logistics? Easy.
Managing a room full of competitive gardeners with sharp tools and sharper grudges? Less easy.
Then the judge ends up dead in the greenhouse.
Now the Garden Society is under suspicion.
Donna Faye has motive.
Half the exhibitors have alibis that feel… flexible.
And Meg is once again standing way too close to a body.
With reputations on the line and the entire event unraveling, Meg has to dig through secrets, rivalries, and a whole lot of very polite hostility to find the truth.
Because in Bellford, competition isn’t just fierce'''
it’s fatal.
A Trowel Affair is perfect for readers who love:
Murder at a high-stakes event
Amateur sleuth with a talent for trouble
Small-town secrets and sharp humor
Slow-burn romance simmering under the surface
Genre: Mystery
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