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Available June 1, 2026

Lizzie Raju has “Six Reasons Not to Have Kids.” Finding a corpse in her happy place wasn’t on the list. It’s been six months since Lizzie married the hunky guy she met at Vista Mar Community Garden and, unfortunately for him, she has strong views on procreation. But when a dead body turns up in the tool shed, she has to solve the mystery and save her marriage, or her urban oasis will wither to dust.

In BOLTING TO SEED, Lizzie and the eclectic cast of characters return for another growing season, but in-fighting and the threat of death prevent them from finding peace in gardening. What’s a gardener to do when plants aren’t the only thing dying behind the locked gates at Vista Mar? Lovers of Garden Variety will enjoy this return to the scene of the crime, so to speak, to find out what Lizzie, Mary, Ned and the rest of the gardeners at Vista Mar Gardens are up to. Fans of cozy mystery will have fun solving the mystery while learning more about gardening at the same time.