Killer Pink Garden

Death at a rose festival was put down to a tragic accident, but Penelope Day and her cat, Percival, are convinced that it wasn’t murder. Together with friends—an elderly librarian and the owner of a tea house—she sets out on a careful investigation among flowerbeds and tea ceremonies.

In the village of Rosemary Hill, the annual Rose Festival is the main autumn event. But this time the celebration turns to disaster: right during the awards, one of the contestants dies—a gifted yet many-folks-find-him-unpleasant gardener.

A heart attack? Nerves from an unexpected loss?

Nearly everyone is prepared to chalk it up to coincidence.

But Penelope Day, proprietor of the flower shop, isn’t rushing to accept that explanation—especially after Percival brings to her doorstep a glove with a drop of blood on it.

With the librarian Agatha and the mysterious owner of the tea house, Eldridge, Penelope begins a quiet investigation—amid the whistle of the kettle, the cat’s purring, and the rustle of old newspaper back issues.