The Mystery of the Painted Garden Gate

von Gracie Stevens

214 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

She came to sell kitchenware. She found a mystery hidden beneath the paint.Willowmere, 1955.Sally Davenport makes her living traveling from house to house as a Wondermaid Kitchenware demonstrator, carrying a case filled with hostess sheets, order forms, and cheerful pastel bowls. Her job has taught her something surprisingly useful: How to notice what other people miss.When Sally arrives at magnificent Bellamy House for an important Wondermaid demonstration, she expects an afternoon of kitchenware, conversation, and hopefully enough new bookings to fill her calendar.Instead, she notices the garden gate.Someone has recently painted it a striking shade of turquoise. But when a tiny chip comes loose near the latch, Sally discovers a delicate yellow flower painted underneath.Then she hears the name Rose Bellamy.Nineteen years earlier, Rose disappeared from Willowmere-and the Bellamy family has barely spoken her name since.Soon Sally is following a trail of painted flowers, mysterious numbers, old photographs, hidden letters, and clues scattered throughout the beautiful Bellamy gardens. Someone wants the past left exactly where it has been buried. Unfortunately for them, Sally Davenport has never been particularly good at not noticing things.With her sharp-witted Aunt Clara, newspaper reporter Ben Carter, and Midnight-the black cat who rules Willowmere Manor-Sally sets out to discover what really happened all those years ago.The Mystery of the Painted Garden Gate is Book One of The Whispering Willow Mysteries, a continuing series of nostalgic 1950s Southern Gothic cozy mysteries featuring vintage kitchens, grand old houses, gentle romance, small-town secrets, and a clever heroine with an unusual profession.Welcome to Willowmere-where the mystery changes, home stays the same, and secrets never stay buried beneath the willow trees.

• Reihe: Enchanted Pages Press LLC
• ISBN: 9798951121707
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 203 x 127 mm
• Verlag: Independently published