From USA Today bestselling authors Gin Jones Elizabeth Ashby comes a set of the first three full-length Danger Cove Farmers' Market Mysteries featuring clever and witty amateur sleuth Maria Dolores,
A Death in the Flower Garden Maria Dolores, new manager of the Lighthouse Farmers' Market, has her work cut out for her when an earthquake shakes up the market. But it only gets worse in the aftermath, as Maria realizes the flower vendor is more than shaken up... she's dead. Now Maria suddenly in a small town mystery that's got everyone on edge. Will it all lead to the end of Maria's new career? Or worse yet... her life?
A Slaying in the Orchard Labor Day weekend starts with a bang in Danger Cove when a dead body is found in the orchard of Maria Dolores' mentor and maybe-boyfriend, Merle! With Merle tied up, Merle tied up, leaving Maria on her own to run the local farmers' market and wade through the nearly endless array of suspects. Can she prevent another murder in the market... or will she end up the next victim?
A Secret in the Pumpkin Patch It's Halloween, and Maria Dolores is hoping for a trouble-free weekend, the last one before the Lighthouse Farmers' Market closes for the winter. But her hopes are dashed when a state agricultural inspector threatens to shut down the market prematurely... right before a young woman falls to her death from the lighthouse cliff! Now it's up to Maria to unearth A SECRET IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH.
Gin is a retired lawyer who specialized in ghost-writing for other lawyers. She prefers to write her own books, though, since she doesn't have to worry that her sense of humor might get her thrown into jail for contempt of court. In her spare time, Gin makes quilts, grows garlic, and advocates for patients with rare disorders.