Grave Concerns

Rose Pemberton was finally finding her rhythm as Bloomfield Springs' newest city council member. Her nursery business was thriving, the Garden Club had welcomed her as one of their own, and municipal corruption seemed like yesterday's problem. All she wanted was to focus on spring planting and avoid any more small-town drama.

But when city councilman Nathaniel Booker is found dead in the community garden on a rainy Thursday morning—clutching documents that could expose a new development scandal—Rose's corporate instincts refuse to stay quiet.

The police call it a heart attack. Rose calls it convenient. Nathaniel was asking hard questions about the rushed approval of Sunset Manor, a senior living facility that would destroy the beloved community garden. Now he's dead, public comment has been suspended, and the city council vote proceeds as scheduled.

As Rose digs into the suspicious development deal, she uncovers a web of shell companies, systematic bribery, and botanical murder that makes her previous corruption case look simple. With her Garden Club allies—meticulous researcher Violet, information guru Betty, and steady partner Jim—Rose must expose the truth before the killer decides her questions have grown too dangerous to ignore.

In Bloomfield Springs, even the most trusted city officials can cultivate deadly secrets.

Grave Concerns is the second book in The Bloomfield Garden Club Mysteries—where corruption grows like weeds, but justice blooms eternal.