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Trowel and Error

The English Cottage Garden Mysteries, Book 4

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Trowel and Error

By: H.Y. Hanna
Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
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Autumn has arrived, with crisp, cold mornings, dew on the grass, and hedgerows full of blackberries...

When budding garden sleuth Poppy is invited to a party in a beautiful orangery, the last thing she expects is to witness a lethal wasp attack! As authorities investigate the possibility of murder, Poppy is horrified when local handyman Joe Fabbri, her friend and mentor, becomes the main suspect. Determined to prove Joe's innocence, Poppy sets out to solve the case - with help from her "mad scientist" neighbour, his new robotic invention, and a particularly stinky mushroom!

Meanwhile, Poppy is also learning that gardening isn't just sunshine and roses. As she grapples with wild wind, heavy rain, and unpleasant autumn chores, she wonders if she's bitten off more than she can chew. With limited horticultural experience and a long winter ahead, can she really make a success of the cottage garden nursery that she's inherited?

As Oren, the talkative ginger cat, lends a paw, and crime author Nick Forrest helps her dig for clues, Poppy makes a startling discovery: Could there be a link between the murder victim and her long-lost father? Would solving this case also give her answers to the biggest mystery from her past?

©2020 H.Y. Hanna (P)2020 H.Y. Hanna Cosy Crime Detective Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Murder

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As always a fun story with lovely characters. the narrator is charming. where is the next installment?

great fun! please keep them coming!

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I love the combination of these two. Not quite the magic of the Oxford Tea Room mysteries, but almost. Good, realistic plotting. I love Bertie, Oren and Einstein. Anyone who has pets would understand the antics of the animals. And who wouldn't want a CLARA. Great characters. Maybe insufficient gardening tips.SPOILER ALERT: I think Nick the neighbour paid for the greenhouse repair, not the shifty cousin. Overall, it is magical escapism.
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Usual satisfying Hanna Hewitt production

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the story content is brilliant it's a lovely escapist story especially in the year 2020

good story

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Loved it looking forward to the next story. Hope there are many more... By H Y Hanna

Lovely book

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It's interesting to see how Poppy solves gardening problems from being a total beginner. The odd murder works too!

Another bolshy cat 😹😹😹

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I've loved listening to this book. I feel like the characters are now my old friends. I really like Nick and Poppy's interactions and I'm looking forward to seeing them develop their friendship more. Bertie is an eccentric character and a source of great amusement. His inventions are totally wacky! This mystery had me entertained and guessing. I was also very intrigued about the connection the characters may have had to Poppy's father. Poppy's slightly shady cousin is lots of fun as well. He will, no doubt, pop up again at some stage to cause bother!
I definitely recommend this series to fans of cosy mysteries.


I received a complimentary review copy and this is my voluntary and unbiased opinion.

A great series

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I really enjoy the book version of this story so was really glad to grab the audio book version too.This is another fun cozy mystery that I loved by H.Y Hanna. Once again she has beautifully weaved a clever murder mystery into a entertaining plot. I really like the characters and animals, they are so much fun and written about so well that even if this is your first introduction to them you have no problems imaging them. I love quirky characters and I can't think of anyone more quirky then Dr Bertram, the mad scientist neighbour and all his inventions, that somehow never do what they are ment to do, all highly amusing and a great imagination is needed to come up with some of his inventions. The mystery was good and I found myself guessing along with Poppy nearly until the end, as there was lots of suspects all with reasons to hate the victim. I had worked it out just before Poppy but only just. H.Y. Hanna is a talented author and I would recommend any of her books from any of her three series to a friend, especially if they needed cheering up.
Poppy is blackmailed by her cousin to attend a party as his date. She should have know better than to go alone with him and being introduce as somebody else was her first clue that the night wasn't going to end well. Then she is caught up in a wasp attack but what made the swaps swarm in the first place? Things escalate when the dead body of an aging rock star is found out side. He was a gate crasher and wasn't invited to the party but should that have really cost him his life? The police suspect it was murder when a towel belonging to her friend and helper in her cottage garden is found under the body. Poppy is quick to jump to his rescue and point out many other party guest had just as much reason to see him dead from the cheated band member to the crazy super fan to the ex pa of the host of the party. A storm is coming and it is not just the one caused by the weather, Poppy will have to solve this murder if she doesn't want the police to arrest the wrong man, as well as battle a grumpy cat who is on a strict diet and fend off a mad cleaning robot.
Pearl Hewitt does another excellent job with the narration and even my dog was hooked by the story because when Oren the cat meowed she had to run down the garden barking.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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yet another well written and read book. roll on number 5. the sooner the better

brilliant

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I’ve listened to the previous 3 stories in this series but Trowel & Error will be the last. Although the story is gentle I am getting increasingly irritated by the stupid “inventions” - this time it was the cleaning robot. Judge for yourselves dear readers/listeners; utterly stupid. Also the authors continual use of “the ginger Tom” “orange Tom cat” “the old inventor” & “the businessman” when he or him would have sufficed was getting on my nerves. Maybe it’s me, I admit that I am rather stressed with worry about an ill family member so perhaps I am more sensitive than normal.

As always Pearl Hewitt’s narration was excellent.

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