Deadhead and Buried (English Cottage Garden Mysteries)

Poppy desperately wants to pay off her debts, quit her dead-end job, find her missing father... oh, and keep a plant alive. But she knows that these are just hopeless dreams. Then a mysterious letter arrives and Poppy finds that she's inherited a cottage garden nursery - complete with romantic climbing roses, scented herbs, a bossy, talkative ginger cat.. and a dead body!Now she must solve the mystery or risk losing her new home and the chance for a fresh start. But who would want to murder a gardener in a sleepy little village? Could a reclusive inventor have something to do with the killing? What about the brooding crime author next door? And why is her long-lost cousin so desperate for her to sell the cottage?Poppy might not know her pansies from her petunias, but that doesn't stop her digging for clues. The only problem is - she could be digging her own grave too...This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: cat mystery / cozy mystery series / gardening cozy mystery / women amateur sleuth / British detective mystery