Tara Benton

Deadly Deeds

A Thorny Murder: A Books and Brews Cozy Mystery

A body in the rose garden. A knife that was never found. And a woman with a gift for noticing when things don’t add up. Julie Miller came to Willow Glen to inherit a bookshop, not to be delivering books when a body turns up in the garden of the town's Rosewood Inn. She learns her gift for noticing runs deeper than intuition. She’s going to need her psychic impressions and the help of her feline companion, Luna, to solve the murder. There's no shortage of suspects. A woman checked in the day before the murder with a grudge and twenty years of bitter, bone-deep anger. The florist was seen near the inn that morning, and an accidental touch of her hand filled Julie with a courthouse, a verdict and a grief that wasn't hers. When a threatening note appears under the bookshop door, she knows she’s getting close. So does he. He’s already killed once to keep his secret. Julie could be the next one to sleep under the roses. Read more