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MURDER AMONG THE ROSES an utterly gripping cozy murder mystery full of twists (Maybridge Murder Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition

by LIZ FIELDING (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,469 ratings
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‘Although there’s a distinctly dark edge to the story at times, there’s a really lovely lightness to the writing — with plenty of warmth, and the most perfectly judged touches of humour. This is the kind of crime writing I enjoy.’ Annie Williams, RNA Media Star of the Year

MEET ABBY FINCH. SHE’S THE BUSY MUM OF THREE, AN EXPERT GARDENER AND THE STAR OF YOUR NEW FAVOURITE COZY MURDER MYSTERY.

In the peaceful Cotswolds village of Maybridge, you wouldn’t expect to find a dead body in the rose garden. And certainly not two.

Abby is horrified to discover the bones of a baby buried under a rose bush. It’s in the garden of her soon-to-be ex-husband Howard’s family home.

She immediately calls the police. But she can’t get hold of Howard. He’s off on a jolly with the woman he’s got pregnant.

And then, just two days later, Abby finds Howard himself.
Lying dead in the very same rose garden.
Throat slashed with her own garden spade.

Now Abby is the prime suspect . . .

Fans of Faith Martin, Jane Adams, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will love this addictive cozy mystery!

READERS LOVE MURDER AMONG THE ROSES:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a gripping full on story that will have you turning the pages one by one, as the characters bring the book to life, a stand alone cozy murder mystery that I enjoyed to the end.’ Booklover B.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The mystery itself had many, many twists and turns leading to the big reveal at the end, and I can honestly say that I was completely surprised! I highly recommend this cozy mystery’ Julie W.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Loved it. I found it very moving at times.’ Aileen G.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It Kept Me Guessing. I really enjoyed this book and I was rooting for Abby to clear her name. I did not see the end coming. This is the first book I have read by this author, but I will look out for more.’ Barbara

MEET THE DETECTIVE
Brilliant gardener and the busy mum of three, Abby Finch’s dreams of winning gold at Chelsea Flower Show were put on hold by an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. But she wouldn’t have it any other way. These days she’s kept on her toes looking by her beloved family, running her own business and dealing with her imminent divorce. In an effort to keep things cordial, she’s allowed her ex to bully her into restoring the garden of his family home. Thankfully she’s surrounded herself with a great group of friends to lean on.

THE SETTING
Pretty Maybridge is a charming village set in the sheep-dotted Cotswolds hills, with a long history stretching back to Tudor times. It’s the type of place where everyone knows each other, but there's a wonderful bookshop on the corner of the bridge, a popular riverside café and a bustling market at Christmastime. And with Bristol nearby and a big supermarket round the corner.
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cozy, mystery, twists, gardening, female, sleuth, detective, english
cotswolds, history, female, murder, mystery, flowers,
Faith Martin, Jane Adams, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams

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About the Author

Award winning author Liz Fielding was born with itchy feet. She was working in Zambia before her twenty-first birthday and, gathering her own special hero and a couple of children on the way, has lived in Botswana, Kenya and the Middle East, all of which have provided rich inspiration for her writing. She has written more than seventy books, several of which have won awards, and sold over 15 million copies. In 2019 she was honoured with the Romantic Novelists' Association Outstanding Career Award. She lives in West Sussex. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BZJJLRLC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joffe Books crime thriller and cozy mystery (April 18, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 18, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1316 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 306 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 180405870X
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Liz Fielding worked as a secretary in Africa and the Middle East and was co-ordinator of the Brecon Jazz Festival before writing full time. Her books are published worldwide in multiple languages, she has won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award for both The Best Man & the Bridesmaid and The Marriage Miracle and in 2019 was honoured with an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association in the UK.

She is now writing cozy crime for Joffe Books and her first Maybridge Mystery, Murder Among the Roses is available now.

Liz lives in West Sussex,

You can find her online at https://lizfieldingblog.com, https://www.facebook.com/lizfieldingauthor, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/liz.fielding/ and Twitter @lizfielding

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Carola MacLean
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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I loved this book, I have already downloaded the second one and hope there will be more. The characters are believable, and the plot excellent and surprising.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating mystery
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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I really liked the complicated relationships between the characters, as well as how the readers understanding of the characters changes. Of course, the twists made the story even more exciting. Sadly, as is so often the case with Kindle Unlimited, even a cursory attempt at editing would have picked up some glaring mistakes, such as an error in dates within several pages of each other that had me going back and reading several times. I hate to see interesting works by talented authors marred by poor editing!
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Diane
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2023
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This is an excellent cozy that would make a good first in a series.  Abby, a professional gardener and mother of three, newly separated from her husband who is planning to marry his pregnant girlfriend, makes an inquisitive detective.  Here, she finds the bones of an infant under a rosebush on land her husband has inherited.  A member of a prominent family and now running for MP, he does not want the publicity, and indeed the discovery leads to a variety of complications.

The story has charm.  The characters are well-developed and likable-- it would be great to get to follow their lives in a subsequent book--though at the end they do have all they need to plan a happily-ever-after. The writing is competent and has style.  The plot moves well at a comfortable pace with no gimmicky  breaks in the flow meant to heighten tension (usually unsuccessfully).  The story flows smoothly and is so engaging that it is hard to put down.   And the ending neatly knits the clues together with a logical explanation.  

Light reading at its best, this book offers a well-written, properly engaging narrative that avoids superficiality while avoiding dark passions.  I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good cozy mystery. 
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Avonna
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend!
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2023
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MURDER AMONG THE ROSES (Maybridge Murder Mysteries Book #1) by Liz Fielding is an outstanding cozy mystery start to a new series set in the quiet and quaint village of Maybridge featuring a unique protagonist. From the beautiful cover to the resolution of the mystery, I was unable to put this book down.

Abby Finch loves her gardening business and is trying to remain civil with her soon to be ex-husband for the sake of their three children, but he has coerced her into cleaning up his family’s estates gardens after the death of his grandmother. As she is digging up a rose bush, she discovers the small bones of an infant. She immediately reports the find to the local police.

When Harold Finch returns from a weekend trip with his fiancée, he immediately confronts Abby about going to the police and accuses her of trying to destroy his budding political aspirations. After Abby has a run in with his fiancée, she goes looking for Harold and finds him over the baby’s grave, dead.

Even with several people in and out of the garden that day, Abby, the soon to be ex, is the prime suspect. As she begins to investigate estate records researching the time the bones of the baby could have been buried, she begins to bring to light dark secrets Harold’s family tried to keep buried.

This is a fantastic cozy mystery. The author does not begin immediately with the murder, but introduces Abby, her family and friends and other characters associated with Harold and the divorce. It was fascinating to read how Abby went about researching the estate and journals from the past to bring to light the murderer in the present. The story pulled me in with characters that are fully developed and believable. I feel the pacing of this cozy mystery plot is flawless, and the twists and red herrings are perfectly placed. I am very interested in how the author will move forward in this series and cannot wait to read the next book in the series.

I highly recommend this cozy mystery!
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Carol Tikkanen
5.0 out of 5 stars Murder Among the Roses
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
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This was well written, an excellent story that I had a hard time putting down. The wealthy family and background was disturbing at times as so many stories are centered around the privileged but was a good story.
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GH2607
4.0 out of 5 stars A great start to a series
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2023
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I really liked this book! I liked the characters and the twisty plot. I hope that there are subsequent books in the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well done
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2023
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This was a very good read and an excellent start to what will hopefully be an ongoing series. The characters are well defined and likable and the I definitely didn't figure out who did it. I'm about to start the next book and looking forward to it!
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teresas
3.0 out of 5 stars A great mystery BUT - some of the language was not needed
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2024
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I loved the story but there is no place in a cozy mystery for the F-bomb to be used. That ruined the book for me. As much as I liked the book, I probably won’t read any more in this series. 😞
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Yvonne Flückiger
5.0 out of 5 stars good mystery
Reviewed in Germany on August 19, 2023
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As I read, that Liz Fielding is famous for her romantic novels, I didn't expect a really good mystery. But it turned out I was wrong. The book is well written and even the details are correct. It is a page turner and the heroine, mother of 3 children is sympathetic. Not too much romance either, for which I am grateful, as normally this can spoil the suspense and also makes me yawn. Well written, good story and I hope for the next mystery books with this family.
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Teresa
4.0 out of 5 stars Great muder mystery
Reviewed in Canada on November 6, 2023
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I really enjoyed this book. I loved how the author weaved a very interesting storyline. This book weaves the past with the present. I was Definitely surprised by the twist. I didn't see it coming. This book was a fun entertaining read.
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Annemarie Houtenbos
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun but with far too many Americanisms
Reviewed in Germany on May 7, 2024
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It’s a fun read, but the writer should realize that she herself has decided to set the story in Britain and that means using British expressions and the names of British institutions.
In Britain there is no High school, but secondary school; no twelfth year but sixth form for school pupils that take their A-levels when they are 17 or 18 years old and want to go to university, which is NOT called college.
Hash browns are not commonly eaten in Britain, it’s not a British dish.
The writer should make up her mind: EITHER the story is set in Britain and everything should be British OR it’s set in the US with all things American.
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Rowan
4.0 out of 5 stars most enjoyable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2023
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Really loved this gripping story. I did get a bit confused over some characters at the end but I’ll certainly read the next book by the author.
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Trekker22
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent whodunit. Recommended
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2023
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For me Liz Fielding is the Queen of romance, so branching out into a cosy mystery is an interesting move. I didn’t know what to expect, but Murder Among the Roses unravels into an excellent whodunit, with just a hint of a romance in the future. I loved the characters, got taken by surprise by another dead body in the garden and assumed I had the whole plot sorted, until the ending revealed I’d actually been blindsided, which is totally what you’re looking for in a murder mystery.
I loved the characters, and for me even the children sounded normal, which a lot of writers seem to struggle with. The book is well written, carefully thought out, nicely paced and has a sprinkling of enough red herrings to misdirect this reader. A cracking read, and I’m eagerly looking forward to book two and more mayhem from Maybridge village.
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