Procure Murder Sets Seed (Bretta Solomon, #2) Edited By Janis Harrison Issued As Publication

loved its references to flowers and I was completely shocked at the ending Another series I hadn't gotten into.
. . Hey, a florist heroine who has lost a hundred pounds and is putting some of it back on, I can relate. The story is complex enough to keep you interested without too many characters to make things confusing, I think I'll look for more from this author, Light Enjoyable, light read with some unique little quirks, I would read more by Harrison, Fun "light murder mystery with a gardening/florist twist, Fast and easy. Town matriarch is murdered during Christmas party all eleven attendees are suspects, including the servants, The hostess, widow Bretta Solomon, investigates although she is swamped with orders at her floral shop, Turns out the matriarch was hiding family secrets going back over a hundred years, and someone was threatening to expose her unless she paid hush money.
But these slimey secrets have a way of destroying the whole family, Bretta herself must deal with her own family problems, including her weight, her estranged father, and her dead husband who still communicates with her to help solve crimes.
Not for all tastes equal parts murder mystery and personal problems, I did like this book better than the first book I read in this series which I think was actually the third in the series, but the writing still lags, and parts of the story just don't add up.



Actual ,stars. Murder Sets Seed Bretta Solomon Gardening Mysteries by Janis HarrisonI love finding a new mystery series, . could not find the first book in the series at my library, so I picked up the second book in the series.
Good writing, great characters and an interesting plot, . . I really enjoyed it, and will be reading through the series to see if it holds up the promise of the second book.
. . Good story. Nice twist at end. I enjoyed and will certainly read more in A Gardening Mystery series, I haven't read the first one yet, as this was on the library shelf so I grabbed it, Pretty good mystery and plot, but it seemed to 'drag' in the latter part of the book, when it should have picked up.
It wasn't bad I liked the character of Bretta and her florist job, Thought the naming of the Beauchamp sisters after gems was a bit on the cutesy side, It did seem realistic though that afteryears of marriage that Bretta would feel lost without her husband, I've been reading this series in order, one behind the other, and I feel the author has Bretta being a super woman detective and comes across very unbelievable.
Although, I enjoyed reading them,
A good weekend read, entertaining characters and plot to keep things moving,
Florist, Bretta Solomon sets the stage for the grand opening of her BampB in the Beauchamp mansion, which she recently purchased from Cameo, the last of a long line of female

Beauchamp family owners.
What she didnt buy, was the sordid mystery behind the women, but it appears to have come with the house, just the same.


A curt woman of age, Cameo, the nights guest of honor, addresses the invited guests with virulence, revealing one of them has attempted to blackmail her.
Its a Clue game setup and as expected, during the nights gala, the lights go out, as does Cameos last breath.
All in attendance are suspect and the division begins,

This is a tightly written tale with good characters, believable dialogue and scenarios, All the makings for a good mystery, On to therd in the series I go,
The past six months have been tough on River City, Missouri's leading florist Bretta Solomon, Still getting used to being a fairly young widow and upset over having regained some of the weight she worked so hard to lose, Bretta is throwing herself into her latest project: the restoration of her new home, the historic Beauchamp mansion.


Bretta and her flower shop staff have been working overtime, decorating for the upcoming public open house, But a week before the big event, catastrophe strikes: the mansion's former owner, River City matriarch Cameo Beauchamp is strangled in a roomful of people during a momentary blackout.
But that's not the worst thing, The murder site is Bretta's ballroom during a dinnerparty preview of the house, and several of River City's upstanding citizens are present.
Cameo had just accusedbut not namedsomeone in the group of blackmail, and the manner of her death makes them all murder suspects.


Ignoring her promise to local sheriff Sid Hancock not to get involved in the investigation, Bretta becomes determined to discover what deadly secrets the blackmailer had uncovered and reveal Cameo's killer before becoming the next victim.

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