Dead in the Garden

Dead in the Garden (2018) Dahlia Donovan (Grasmere Cottage #1)

(T)hey’d always assumed Bishan’s traditionalist parents would be the disapproving ones. It seemed being gay and dating an Anglo-Indian had been one step too far for the son of an earl.
…
(H)is father, mother, and elder brother hadn’t spoken to him in over a decade, not since a year after his graduation from Harrow.

“Valor?” Lottie called him over the moment he stepped into the shop. She held out a folder to him. “Nancy from my gardening group has a son who works as a medical examiner.”
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“Does her son know she copied it?”

“Don’t you worry about that.” She patted him on the head.

“Your grandfather, for all his faults, cared greatly about you. He worried.” Lottie had begun her working life when his grandfather had been the earl. “The will should’ve protected you from what happened. They shouldn’t have been allowed to take the money he left in trust for you.”

Characters: Valor Tarquin Scott, Bishan Tamboli, Detective Inspector Reggie Spurling, Detective Inspector Hugh Asheford, Lottie Wright, Wilfred Wright, Sunesh Tamboli, Reva Tamboli, Rana Tamboli, Barnaby Tamboli, Mr Colin Clarke, Cora and Daniel Zhou, Nina Andoh, Mrs Harris, Hugh Asheford, Penelope Scott, Bertie / Bertram Scott, Angus Williams, Harrison Smith, Oliver Smith, Trevor, Trenton, Nick Wood, Aubrey Fletcher, Nick Clayton, Lee Night

Cover by Claire Smith

Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing

Rating: 7.5/10

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