The Plot Thickets

The ever-quintessential New England town of Goosebush,Massachusetts truly shines in springtimebut when an underhanded undertaker digs herself an early graveitΓÇÖs up to sixty-something gardening sleuth Lilly JayneΓÇöand her fellow Garden Squad members of courseΓÇö to unearth the cryptic killer . . . With springΓÇÖs arrival in GoosebushLilly and the Beautification Committee turn their eyes to new projects. A cleanup of the historic Goosebush Cemetery may be in orderafter Lilly and Delia find the plots there sorely neglected and inexplicably rearranged. Lilly soon discovers that Whitney Dunne-Bradford snapped up custodianship of the graveyard once she inherited Bradford Funeral Homes. But before Lilly can get to the bottom of the tombstone tamperingshe stumbles upon WhitneyΓÇÖs body at the Jayne family mausoleum . . . Though at first it appears Whitney died by suicideLilly has doubtsand apparentlyso does Chief of Police Bash Haywoodwho quickly opens a murder investigation. Plenty of folks in town had bones to pick with Whitneyincluding her stepdaughterSashaand funeral home employeeDewey MarshΓÇöall three recently charged with illegal business practices. But when the homicide inquiry suddenly targets an old friendLilly and the Garden Squad must rally to exhume the truth before the real killer buries it forever . . .