Murder Most Thorny (Myrtle Grove Garden Club Mystery 2)

Jesse Camden, owner of Myrtle Groves popular Gilded Lily Tea Room and Coffee House, can tell theres something weighing on her friends mind when she agrees to a predawn rendezvous with Winnie Rogers. Hoping its nothing serious, Jesse packs a brunch and sets out for some early morning fishing and possible soul searching along the banks of a secluded lake. But the two women have barely touched on whats troubling Winnie when a spring storm kicks up, a tornado drops out of a wall cloud practically on top of them, and Jesse and Winnie are left stranded with a demolished pickup and a dead body before theyve even opened the picnic basket. When two strangers more menacing than helpful arrive, and the normally unflappable Winnie falls apart after noticing the bullet hole in the body left by the tornado, Jesse decides she will have to call on Sheriff Joe Tyler for rescue, like it or not. Once again caught in a looming murder investigation, Jesse is soon scrambling to discover the truth before the secret Winnies hiding sends everything spinning out of control. When Jesse Camden, owner of the Gilded Lily Tea Room and Coffee House, agrees to meet her childhood friend, Winnie Rogers, for a morning of girl talk and reminiscing, or fishing as Winnie likes to call it, Jesse anticipates a morning of shared confidences over a picnic brunch in the countryside. But spring in Oklahoma can be unpredictable, and when a tornado drops out of a wall cloud practically on top of them, Jesse and Winnie find themselves stranded with a demolished pickup and a dead body before they’ve even opened the picnic basket.As the normally unflappable Winnie begins to cry and can’t seem to stop, strangers who seem more menacing than helpful arrive, and the dead body turns out to be Winnie’s recently divorced husband, Jesse realizes she has no choice but to call her nemesis Sheriff Joe Tyler for help. After that, things start to go downhill.