Hibiscus Island Cozy Mysteries: Books 1-3
(2023)(A book in the Hibiscus Island Mystery series)
An omnibus of novels by Lucy Norman
A light, cozy mystery series set on a tropical island. Visit Hibiscus Island with its small town setting, cast of quirky characters and a handful of bodies lurking among the flowers.
Book 1 - Buried in Bougainvillea
Hibiscus Island has it all. Turquoise seas, bright sunshine, tropical flowers—and a body beneath the bougainvillea…
When horticulturist Holly Gold returns home to work in the gardens of the family-owned inn, she expects to enjoy the annual Bougainvillea Festival, catch up with friends and settle back into lazy island living.
Instead, she discovers a dead body in the garden, her grandfather marked as chief suspect by the handsome new police inspector, and an island seething with scandal and suspicion.
Joining forces with her childhood best friend, a bossy septuagenarian, and the town librarian to solve the case, Holly finds herself digging up long buried secrets on tiny tropical Hibiscus Island.
As she unearths clues to a crime that appears to be rooted in the past, Holly wonders if her gardening know-how will be enough to uncover a killer…
Book 2 - Remains Among the RosesRoses are red, a pirate is dead... Batten down the hatches! There’s murder on Hibiscus Island!
Every year in September, the inhabitants of Hibiscus Island enthusiastically celebrate their cultural connections to the Golden Age of Piracy.
But tales of pirates and privateers, Spanish galleons and smugglers’ tunnels, and long-lost treasure can’t compete with the mystery of a very modern murder!
When the body of a buccaneer is discovered in the garden she is designing, horticulturist Holly Gold has to abandon the roses and lookout for clues!
On an island awash in a sea of speculation and suspicion, it’s all hands on deck as Holly and her crime-solving crew set course in search of a killer.
Dead men tell no tales… or do they?
Book 3 - Obituary for an Oleander
Oleanders are poisonous. Everyone knows that. But are members of the Oleander Quilting Society really ���sew’ deadly that someone wants to kill them?
It’s January on tiny tropical Hibiscus Island, and all horticulturist Holly Gold wants to do is enjoy her budding relationship with a certain handsome police inspector and work on her growing garden design business.
But when a quilter drops dead at the annual Maritime Quilting Expo, Holly and her friends must piece together a patchwork of clues to discover who is cutting short the lives of Oleander quilters. With the assistance of her two best friends, a feisty septuagenarian, and the town’s newspaper owner, Holly leaves no seam unripped in her search for the ��quilty’ party!
Oleanders may be poisonous, but who is poisoning the Oleanders?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Book 1 - Buried in Bougainvillea
Hibiscus Island has it all. Turquoise seas, bright sunshine, tropical flowers—and a body beneath the bougainvillea…
When horticulturist Holly Gold returns home to work in the gardens of the family-owned inn, she expects to enjoy the annual Bougainvillea Festival, catch up with friends and settle back into lazy island living.
Instead, she discovers a dead body in the garden, her grandfather marked as chief suspect by the handsome new police inspector, and an island seething with scandal and suspicion.
Joining forces with her childhood best friend, a bossy septuagenarian, and the town librarian to solve the case, Holly finds herself digging up long buried secrets on tiny tropical Hibiscus Island.
As she unearths clues to a crime that appears to be rooted in the past, Holly wonders if her gardening know-how will be enough to uncover a killer…
Book 2 - Remains Among the RosesRoses are red, a pirate is dead... Batten down the hatches! There’s murder on Hibiscus Island!
Every year in September, the inhabitants of Hibiscus Island enthusiastically celebrate their cultural connections to the Golden Age of Piracy.
But tales of pirates and privateers, Spanish galleons and smugglers’ tunnels, and long-lost treasure can’t compete with the mystery of a very modern murder!
When the body of a buccaneer is discovered in the garden she is designing, horticulturist Holly Gold has to abandon the roses and lookout for clues!
On an island awash in a sea of speculation and suspicion, it’s all hands on deck as Holly and her crime-solving crew set course in search of a killer.
Dead men tell no tales… or do they?
Book 3 - Obituary for an Oleander
Oleanders are poisonous. Everyone knows that. But are members of the Oleander Quilting Society really ���sew’ deadly that someone wants to kill them?
It’s January on tiny tropical Hibiscus Island, and all horticulturist Holly Gold wants to do is enjoy her budding relationship with a certain handsome police inspector and work on her growing garden design business.
But when a quilter drops dead at the annual Maritime Quilting Expo, Holly and her friends must piece together a patchwork of clues to discover who is cutting short the lives of Oleander quilters. With the assistance of her two best friends, a feisty septuagenarian, and the town’s newspaper owner, Holly leaves no seam unripped in her search for the ��quilty’ party!
Oleanders may be poisonous, but who is poisoning the Oleanders?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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