Murder and the Chamomile Cover-Up

A Coffee House Cozy Mystery

In Maplewood, the coffee is strong, gardens are perfect, and chamomile is deadly.

One cup drops the town’s most notorious gardener.

A living will plants a new owner squarely in the fallout.

Hattie Calder runs Brewed Awakenings on routine, loyal regulars, and a stubborn smile. When Doris Bloom collapses like a cut flower, the town calls it a sad, simple end. But Doris’s living will hints at a different story—leaving Hattie The Bloom Works and instructions that read less like a gift and more like a warning.

With her sister Sam, tech-savvy best friend Liam, and a watchful cat Beans, Hattie asks the questions Doris died trying to answer. Headlines turn malicious. Hints get buried. Threats surface in quiet, deliberate clues. The Bloom Works looks less like a landmark and instead like a cover-up.

When Hattie exposes truth, Mayor Hartwell reframes her as the problem. When evidence is uncovered, Maplewood’s polished story splits wide open.

A councilwoman’s calm warning lands like a poisoned sip.

Buried truth always surfaces.