The perfect summer read,full of charm and heartwritten in the vein of The Thursday Murder Club or Only Murders in the Building but with a southern California twist. Mrs. Bthe landlady of The Marigold Cottages is a stubborn idealist who only rents to people she cares about: Sophiean anxious young playwright with a dark past; Hamiltonan agoraphobe who likes to overshare; Oceana queer sculptor raising two kids alone; the perfectionist Lily-Ann; and Nicholasa finance bro whoΓÇÖs hiding secrets. The tenants live contentedly in their doll-house bungalows in Santa Barbarajust minutes from the beachuntil their peace is shattered when Anthonya quiethulkingbut potentially violent ex-con moves in. Three weeks latera dead body is discovered on the streets of the peaceful neighborhood. Anthony is arrestedand the tenants heave sighs of relief. Until Mrs. Bconvinced that he’s innocentmarches down to the police station and confesses to the crime herself. The tenants band together and form ΓÇ£The Marigold Cottages Murder CollectiveΓÇ¥ to save their beloved landlady. As clues are unearthed and secrets are revealedthe community of misfits only grows more tight-knit…until a second body is found. Full of eccentricityhumorcommunityThe Marigold Cottages Murder Collective will keep you hooked until the last page.