Cam and Annie are asked to plan a fund raiser for a local
senatorial candidate. If it hadn't been for Annie's father
asking them to take this one, they both would have turned it
down.
They've planned a murder mystery themed gala with an auction
deciding who plays the "victim". Cam and Annie both have
their hands full keeping all the egos of the guests in
check. When they find one of the guests dead next to a port
of chrysanthemums, the whole thing takes a bizarre twist.
Derek Windermere was a financial tycoon who was trying to
get into politics. He had purchased an entire table.
Annie's father wasn't a fan of his but Annie's father has
disappeared. His disappearance at the same time as the
murder has the police looking seriously at him as a suspect.
Annie begs Cam to help her find her father and clear his
name. With Annie's stepmother behaving strangely and some
of the other political figures with motives, the whole
investigation will follow a series of small clues which Cam
and Rob will have to decipher.
The Garden Society Mysteries are becoming
increasingly
complex and interesting. KEEPING MUM was one of the best so
far.
Roanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country’s
most exquisite gardens, and it’s Camellia Harris’s job to
promote them. But when a political fundraiser turns deadly,
everyone’s a candidate for murder...
Cam and
her best friend, Annie, are planning a gala for a local
Senate candidate—a murder mystery themed silent auction
where the guests bid on who will be the night’s “victim.”
Coordinating a beautiful display of fall flowers and
planning the perfect fake crime is hard enough, but with a
guest list that is a “who’s who” of the Roanoke elite, Cam
has her hands full navigating the egos and grudges of her
high society guests.
When local financial tycoon
Derrick Windermere is found dead next to a shattered pot of
chrysanthemums, the night’s fun and games quickly turn
serious. Half the guests had good reason to want Windermere
dead, but only one is suspiciously missing in action—Annie’s
father. Now Cam will not only have to figure out which
partygoer is a killer, but find her friend’s father before
all their reputations end up dragged through the mud...