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Having won the Golden Trowel Award for best community gardening club, Gill and the Bromley Botanists are poised to turn the Chequered Lawns Golf Club into a flower farm. 
 
Confident they can succeed with their new plan, Gill has already handed in her notice at Chislehurst Green Insurance and Mike has left Dobbies. The soil beneath the pristine turf of the eighteen hole golf club looks rich and fertile. Life is looking up. But before they’ve even broken ground with a digger, the Bromley Botanists’ golden trowel starts to lose its shine… 
 
When a dead body turns up during excavation work the golf club becomes a crime scene, and once again The Gardeners Club turn their attention to tracking down the truth in order to save their dream. 
 
As the motley crew come together once again, it’s up to Gill and her friends to dig deep into the past to let their future bloom!

Marnie Riches grew up on a rough estate in north Manchester. Exchanging the spires of nearby Strangeways prison for those of Cambridge University, she gained a Masters in German & Dutch. 
 
 
Her best-selling, award-winning George McKenzie crime thrillers, tackling the subject of trans-national trafficking, were inspired by her own time spent in The Netherlands.

Having won the Golden Trowel Award for best community gardening club, Gill and the Bromley Botanists are poised to turn the Chequered Lawns Golf Club into a flower farm. 
 
Confident they can succeed with their new plan, Gill has already handed in her notice at Chislehurst Green Insurance and Mike has left Dobbies. The soil beneath the pristine turf of the eighteen hole golf club looks rich and fertile. Life is looking up. But before they’ve even broken ground with a digger, the Bromley Botanists’ golden trowel starts to lose its shine… 
 
When a dead body turns up during excavation work the golf club becomes a crime scene, and once again The Gardeners Club turn their attention to tracking down the truth in order to save their dream. 
 
As the motley crew come together once again, it’s up to Gill and her friends to dig deep into the past to let their future bloom!

Marnie Riches

'Funny and fresh. Full of heart and characters you genuinely root for. Marnie Riches is blooming brilliant.'

The Gardeners’ Club is a refreshing, heartwarming mystery blossoming with wit and charm. With quirky characters harbouring secrets, a down-to-earth menopausal woman juggling a hectic family life, and an intrepid group of amateur sleuths unearthing clues, this is a perfect pick for plant-loving cosy-mystery fans.

Victoria Goldman, author of The Associate

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant, but always compelling. With stand out and unforgettable characters, Marnie Riches has crafted a wonderful story. Cosy crime at its best.

When Gill Swanley decides to take up gardening to fight the menopause she never expected it to become quite such a threatening hobby... 
 
Joining the Bromley chapter of The Golden Trowel Gardening Society, Gill finds a group run by self-proclaimed horticultural guru Mike ‘Potato’ Berisford and top of the agenda is how the club can snatch the National Gardening Club of the Year Award. 
 
But when a dead body turns up in the greenhouse, and a brick flies through the window telling them to take themselves out of the running, the group have to turn their attention to the sinister goings on. 
 
Is is their arch-rivals Croydon? Or is someone someone else is targeting their rag tag group?

Marnie Riches

Praise for The Gardeners' Club

'Funny and fresh. Full of heart and characters you genuinely root for. Marnie Riches is blooming brilliant.'

The Gardeners’ Club is a refreshing, heartwarming mystery blossoming with wit and charm. With quirky characters harbouring secrets, a down-to-earth menopausal woman juggling a hectic family life, and an intre ...

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant, but always compelling. With stand out and unforgettable characters, Marnie Riches has crafted a wonderful story. Cosy crime at its best.

'Funny and fresh. Full of heart and characters you genuinely root for. Marnie Riches is blooming brilliant.'

The Gardeners’ Club is a refreshing, heartwarming mystery blossoming with wit and charm. With quirky characters harbouring secrets, a down-to-earth menopausal woman juggling a hectic family life, and an intre ...

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant, but always compelling. With stand out and unforgettable characters, Marnie Riches has crafted a wonderful story. Cosy crime at its best.

'Funny and fresh. Full of heart and characters you genuinely root for. Marnie Riches is blooming brilliant.'

The Gardeners’ Club is a refreshing, heartwarming mystery blossoming with wit and charm. With quirky characters harbouring secrets, a down-to-earth menopausal woman juggling a hectic family life, and an intre ...

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant, but always compelling. With stand out and unforgettable characters, Marnie Riches has crafted a wonderful story. Cosy crime at its best.

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