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The Body in the Kitchen Garden, June 2026
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The Potting Shed Murder, April 2026
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The Potting Shed Murder, June 2025
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THE POTTING SHED MURDER
By: Paula Sutton

Hill House Vintage Murder Mystery #1
A John Scognamiglio Book
April 2026
On Sale: March 31, 2026
304 pages
ISBN: 1496754824
EAN: 9781496754820
Trade Paperback (reprint)
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Welcome to the beautiful, bucolic village of Pudding Corner, where there's death amongst the dahlias . . . in this gripping, delightfully quirky mystery from the beloved cottage-core social media sensation behind Hill House Vintage.

Daphne Brewster has gladly swapped south London for Pudding Corner, a Norfolk hamlet full of quintessentially English charm. With a mix of stone cottages, Georgian architecture, and Victorian Gothic houses all nestled together and surrounded by fields of gold and green, Pudding Corner and its neighboring village of Pepperbridge seem as far from the bustle of city living as one can get.

For Daphne, joy at moving into beautiful Cranberry Farmhouse with her husband, James, and their three young children is tempered by some concerns about being the only Black woman for miles around. But within a few short months, Daphne becomes known as the parish’s “Vintage Lady” and has set up her own shop. Business is thriving, and so is her family. As for Pudding Corner, it’s rapidly revealing itself to be filled with complicated, intertwined lives on par with anything she left behind. Then the local school’s headmaster is found dead in his allotment patch, unleashing a storm of secrets and scandal.

Even a sleepy village has its social hierarchy, and as her new friend, Minerva, becomes a target of whispers and speculation, Daphne can’t resist getting involved. Fighting for the underdog comes as naturally as sourcing the perfect vintage piece. But there’s more at stake than Daphne could have guessed, and a killer who succeeded once is all too willing to try again . . .