The Orchid House Murder: A Harriet Bloom Garden Mystery

By Rowan Callery

At the Meadowbrook Spring Garden Show, beauty is everything-until someone ends up dead among the orchids.

When retired botanist Harriet Bloom returns to judge the prestigious Meadowbrook Spring Garden Show, she expects competitive roses, political donors, and the usual horticultural drama. She does not expect to find the Society's powerful president dead on the greenhouse floor, a sprig of deadly monkshood clutched in her hand.

Now the exhibition greenhouse is sealed. The show must go on. And everyone has something to hide.

As Harriet digs into

A decades-old rivalry over a legendary prize-winning rose

Missing conservatory records and a locked basement

Donors with influence to protect

Breeders with reputations on the line

she begins to suspect the murder is rooted not in tonight's competition, but in a secret buried thirty years ago.

In a world where rare orchids command fortunes and reputations bloom or wither overnight, Harriet must follow the evidence before another life is cut short.

Perfect for fans of intelligent cozy mysteries, garden-themed crime fiction, and atmospheric whodunits with sharp female leads. If you love horticulture, hidden histories, and mysteries that grow darker by the page, step inside the Orchid House.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQ541QY3
• ISBN13: 9798249770235
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"