Paige Turner is a landscaper that is thrilled to land a contract fixing up the park for the upcoming Pickle Fest in Serendipity, Oregon. But when she finds the mayor dead in a pile of her mulch in the park, she becomes the primary suspect in his murder. Her friends hire lawyer Adam Hayes to keep her out of jail and aid her in solving the case before it's too late. With no alibi, Paige sees no way out out except to find the killer herself. Is it the pharmacist who has something to hide about their former mayor? Or is it the librarian with a secret in her past? Or does the wife have any reason to make herself a widow?This mystery was quite the amusing one, what with the name of Paige Turner and the Pickle Festival. I was quite bemused with the opening paragraph in each chapter, and the news station Paige gives gardening advice on is always getting the strangest callers. At first, I couldn't seem to get into the story. The beginning paragraphs confused me more than interested me, and the story felt as if it was moving slow as molasses. But somewhere before the half-way mark, it finally captured my attention and kept me all the way to the end. A good read, and a good mystery. Paige Turner (yes, really) is the host of a radio gardening show and is trying to run her own landscaping business in the small town of Serendipity. When she uncovers the body of a man she was last seen arguing with, things don’t look good for her.It seems everyone, apart from her best friend Lisa, and her employee Hazel, think she’s guilty, which isn’t helped by the local sheriff who has his own axe to grind over something that happened in the past. Paige sets out to discover the dead man’s secrets and clear her name before her imminent arrest, with some hilarious results.Nipped in the Bud is peopled with finely-drawn and humorous characters, not least the ones we hear at the beginning of each chapter who ring into the radio show with some very off-the-wall gardening questions! There’s a bit of a romance going too between Paige and her attorney Adam, along with the mystery. And the denouement is superb. Love it.
What do You think about Nipped In The Bud (2010)?
A nice enough read but I really wasn't in love with any of the main characters.
—Chrissy
A good mystery but not my favorite. Couldn't connect with the main character.
—Ezzati15
