The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree(The Darling Dahlias #1)
by Susan Wittig Albert
The
country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the good
ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up and
their town beautiful. Their garden club, the Darling Dahlias, has just
inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful
cucumber trees in full bloom.
But life in Darling is not all garden parties and rosemary lemonade.
When local blond bombshell Bunny Scott is found in a suspicious car
wreck, the Dahlias decide to dig into the town's buried secrets, and
club members Lizzy, Ophelia, and Verna soon find leads sprouting up
faster than weeds. The town is all abuzz with news of an escaped convict
from the prison farm, rumors of trouble at the bank, and tales of a
ghost heard digging around the cucumber tree. If anyone can get to the
root of these mysteries, it's the Darling Dahlias.