This cozy mystery book I listened to as an audiobook, I couldn't stop listening to it ! Let me start by saying the book held my interest and intrigued me from beginning to end! Maggie our main character has purchased her grandmothers home after her death and has moved back to the neighbourhood — she encounters friends, nemesis’s , rumours , cops hassling her and of course a murderer ! The narrator of the was audiobook was amazing ! She was able to do such distinctive voices for all the characters and even when the character was chewing on a piece of toast she change her voice to indicate that as well ! Excellent! Our main character Maggie was great and every person I suspected of being the murderer was wrong! I have to give kudos to a book that keep be guessing. If you love a good cozy mystery and some gardening then this is the book for you !


Thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for this LRC . This is my honest review .

After life has taken a few wrong turns, Maggie Walker has returned to her hometown in the small Berkshire village, and is looking forward to a quiet life among the plants. However, when she discovers a body in the newly established community garden, it seems like her life is going to be anything but quiet, as she tries to find out who the body is and who placed it there.

I absolutely fell into this book, like in a curl up in the sun on a beautiful spring day with a good cozy mystery, kind of way. I instantly felt a kindred spirit to Maggie, who after a few knocks is ready to lead a quiet life, with her best friend, Sally, living next door. However, not everyone is happy that Maggie has returned - including Queen Bee "Catherine", and when things start to go from bad to worse for Maggie it seems quite a few town folk are ready to the point the finger. Thankfully Maggie has a ride-or-die friend in Sally and together they are hunting down clues and trying to find a killer!

I enjoyed the mystery immensely. It runs at a thrilling pace, and with red herrings every which way, it makes for a difficult mystery to solve before Maggie and Sally.

The Gardener's Plot is the perfect cozy mystery for the gardener in all of us. With the delightful descriptions of Maggie's own garden, and ideas for the community garden, I instantly wanted to go delve into my own garden to see if I could make it better... even in the Fall! Whether you're a gardener or not, I think readers will be absolutely charmed by Deborah J Benoit's first cozy mystery, and will be coming back for more!

I listened to The Gardener's Plot on audiobook and the narrator, Patricia Santomasso, does a terrific job of the narration. I'm very much a seasoned audiobook listener. I love putting one on and going for long dog walks, and a good narrator will make a cozy mystery even better. Patricia Santomasso does exactly this. She brings the characters to life, and made me feel like I was right there, solving the mystery alongside Maggie and Sally. I will definitely be looking for more of her titles to listen to.

I had a great time listening to this audiobook!

It felt like a cozy murder mystery in a small town.
I always find it interesting when regular people start investigating crimes and I always wonder how believable this can be.

The book could’ve been shorter, sometimes you don’t register straight away that there’s a dialogue instead of inner thoughts or simple narration. The narration was good and it was a nice palette cleanse for me.