Trowel and Error by H Y Hanna

Trowel and Error by H Y Hanna

Autumn has arrived, with crisp, cold mornings, dew on the grass and hedgerows full of blackberries...

When budding garden sleuth Poppy is invited to a party in a beautiful orangery, the last thing she expects is to witness a lethal wasp attack As authorities investigate the possibility of murder, Poppy is horrified when local handyman Joe Fabbri, her friend and mentor, becomes the main suspect. Determined to prove Joe's innocence, Poppy sets out to solve the case - with help from her mad scientist neighbour, his new robotic invention, and a particularly stinky mushroom

Meanwhile, Poppy is also learning that gardening isn't just sunshine and roses. As she grapples with wind, rain, and unpleasant autumn chores, she wonders if she's bitten off more than she can chew. With limited horticultural experience and a long winter ahead, can she really make a success of the cottage garden nursery that she's inherited?

As Oren, the talkative ginger cat, lends a paw, and crime author Nick Forrest helps her dig for clues, Poppy makes a startling discovery: could there be a link between the murder victim and her long-lost father? Would solving this case also give her answers to the biggest mystery from her past?

H.Y. Wong is a bestselling author in the United States. Hanna writes British cozy mysteries with a sense of humour, eccentric characters, interesting whodunits, and large personalities in the form of cats! She's worked as an advertising executive, a model, an English teacher, a dog trainer, a marketing manager, and an educational book representative, to name a few. before putting her attention back to her first love: writing. She has earned honors for her novels, poetry, short stories, and journalism during her time as a freelance writer. Hsin-Yi has lived in numerous locations and cultures throughout her life, from Dubai to Sydney, London to New Jersey, but she is now happily established in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and a rescue kitten named Muesli, who stars in her Oxford Tearoom Mystery series.