A Deathbed of Roses

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>In Ballyfortnum the Tidy Village contest is causing chaos.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>In the close-knit Irish village of Ballyfortnum it's judging day for the Tidy Village contest.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>Ballyfortnum's blooming and Jess O'Malley is ready to welcome the judges but one's been taken ill and the replacement's from a rival village. Before Jess and her friends can process this there's a bigger mess to clear up. Someone's vandalised the village!</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>But at least they don't have a body on their hands.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>Or do they?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>One of the gardeners turns up on a bed of roses but is he the victim or the vandal?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>Jess thinks there could be connection between the sick judge and the body in the backyard and she's determined to find the link. Ballyfortnum's chance at Best-Kept Village may be slipping away but is the new judge holding the best-kept secret?</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>A sick judge who may be poisoned.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>A replacement judge who may be jealous.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>A victim who may be a villain.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>A village with an All-Ireland Championship at stake.</span></li></ul><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>Not </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>everything</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)> in Ballyfortnum is smelling of roses.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>Can Jess reveal the culprits and save the village's chance at the trophy or will the Tidy Village mess prove too much to clear up?</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)>A Deathbed of Roses</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 0.85); color: rgba(94 110 130 1)> is the fourth book of this beautifully-written Irish village cozy mystery series which depicts enjoyable snapshots of life in a close-knit Irish community. Jinny Alexander brings all the elements of traditional Golden Age mystery stories to a current-day setting. This delightful new series has already been likened to the Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club series Fiona Leitch's Cornish Village series and MC Beaton's Agatha Raisin series.</span></p>