Wednesday, November 6, 2024

SMFS Member Publishing News: The Gardener's Plot: A Mystery by Deborah J. Benoit

 

SMFS list member Deborah J. Benoit reported that her new book, The Gardener's Plot: A Mystery, was released yesterday. The debut mystery was a winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award. Published by Minotaur Books, the book is available at Amazon and other vendors.

 

Amazon Description:

A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plots on opening day.

After life threw Maggie Walker a few curveballs, she’s happy to be back in the small, Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Marlowe holds many memories for her, and now it also offers a fresh start. Maggie has always loved gardening, so it’s only natural to sign on to help Violet Bloom set up a community garden.

When opening day arrives, Violet is nowhere to be found, and the gardeners are restless. Things go from bad to worse when Maggie finds a boot buried in one of the plots… and there’s a body attached to it. Suddenly, the police are looking for a killer and they keep asking questions about Violet. Maggie doesn’t believe her friend could do this, and she’s going to dig up the dirt needed to prove it.

The Gardener’s Plot
 takes readers to the heart of the Berkshires and introduces amateur sleuth Maggie Walker in Deborah J. Benoit’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut.

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