MURDER IN THE POTTING SHED: A Celandine Cottage Garden Mystery

About MURDER IN THE POTTING SHED: A Celandine Cottage Garden Mystery

She inherited a cottage garden nursery. She also inherited the kind of village that smiles while it measures you. When burnt-out London events planner Georgie Shaw arrives at Celandine Cottage, she is greeted by collapsing raised beds, a stack of unpaid bills, and Percy, a bossy ginger tomcat who behaves like he owns the place.

Georgie can run a wedding with military precision. She cannot keep a tray of seedlings alive. Still, she is determined to save the nursery, build a fresh start, and prove she is not just another city girl passing through.

Then she finds a body on her land. The death is quickly labelled an “unfortunate accident,” but Georgie has spent her career spotting what does not fit. A missing key, a timeline that wobbles, and a village rumour that spreads too fast tell her one thing: someone is lying.

As DI Priya Desai investigates, Georgie starts asking the questions locals avoid. Why was the victim arguing about land boundaries and water rights? Why does her charming cousin keep pushing her to sell up and leave?

And why does the respectable local Heritage Trust suddenly take such a strong interest in Celandine Cottage? With Percy “helping” by turning up at all the worst moments, and an eccentric neighbour’s garden gadgets causing more trouble than they solve, Georgie digs into a tight knot of suspects. Everyone has a secret.

Everyone has a motive. And if Georgie gets this wrong, she risks losing her home before she has even learned how to grow a rose. Murder in the Potting Shed is the first book in The Celandine Cottage Garden Mysteries, a witty, comforting British cozy mystery series packed with village charm, gardening life, a sly cat sidekick, and a fair-play whodunnit with a satisfying solution.

British English spelling and usage.