By: Marty Wingate
Genres: Mystery Cozy
Posted: September 10, 2015
While warmly welcomed by some of the staff, one member who is overseeing Pru's project is being a thorn in her side. He makes scoffing references to her lack of credentials in validating a journal that is reported to be the work of renowned botanist, Archibald Menzies. Each time Pru tries to pin down the director who hired her, he is busy and won't make time for her.
In the meantime, the search for a suitable wedding hall, a caterer, and someone to design her dress, is putting a log of pressure on Pru. The journal is fascinating and Pru is determined to find the truth, all the while wondering why Iain Blackwell isn't doing the work.
When Iain is discovered dead, everyone considers it an accident. When it is learned that he was poisoned, eyes all turn toward Pru. She now has three tasks to accomplish. Pru must finish the validation of the journal, get everything set for the wedding, and find a killer.
The third in the Potting Shed mysteries, BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE is a really good read. It starts off with the two lovers making plans and then finding out that life has a way of interfering with those plans. This series just keeps getting better.
Book Summary
Perfect for fans of Laura Childs, Ellery Adams, and Jenn McKinlay, Marty Wingate’s enchanting Potting Shed Mystery series heads to Scotland as Pru Parke plans her wedding . . . all while a vengeful murderer is poised to strike again.
After her romantic idyll with the debonair Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Pearse culminates in a marriage proposal, Pru Parke sets about arranging their nuptials while diving into a short-term gig at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. At hand is the authentication of a journal purportedly penned by eighteenth-century botanist and explorer Archibald Menzies. Compared to the chaos of wedding planning, studying the journal is an agreeable task . . . that is, until a search for a missing cat leads to the discovery of a dead body: One of Pru’s colleagues has been conked on the head with a rock and dumped from a bridge into the Water of Leith.
Pru can’t help wondering if the murder has something to do with the Menzies diary. Is the killer covering up a forgery? Among the police’s many suspects are a fallen aristocrat turned furniture maker, Pru’s overly solicitous assistant, even Pru herself. Now, in the midst of sheer torture by the likes of flamboyant wedding dress designers and eccentric church organists, Pru must also uncover the work of a sly murderer—unless this bride wants to walk down the aisle in handcuffs.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by: Marty Wingate
Alibi
August 1, 2015
On Sale: August 4, 2015
Featuring: Archibald Menzies; Christopher Pearse; Pru Parke
ISBN: 0804177724
EAN: 9780804177726
Kindle: B00PEPR70M
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