Too Mulch to Handle

English Cottage Garden Mysteries, Book 6

By: H.Y. Hanna

Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt

Summer has arrived at Hollyhock Cottage, and romance is in the air. The roses are about to bloom, the garden nursery is filled with fragrance and color—and Poppy is going on her first proper "date" in a long time. Despite her qualms about mixing business with pleasure, she's accepted an invitation to dinner from a charming pesticide salesman and is looking forward to a night of flirting and fun. Instead, the evening ends with a chilling murder—it seems that insects weren't the only ones who found her handsome date toxic company!

Now, the hunt is on for a clever killer with a deadly knowledge of poisons. Luckily, Poppy can count on her "mad scientist" neighbor Bertie to help her sort the cyanides from the cycads, and she soon finds that her sleepy English village is crawling with suspects. There are hostile colleagues with scores to settle and jilted ex-girlfriends with points to prove... but was the murder connected to the victim's job? Or was the motive more personal?

Meanwhile, Poppy is grappling with problems at the cottage garden, too, from mysterious pests attacking her roses to disgruntled customers leaving in droves—not to mention a runaway slug leading her on a merry chase! Then there's Oren, the cheeky ginger tomcat, poking his paws where they don't belong. But when a threatening note arrives, Poppy realizes that cats aren't the only ones killed by curiosity. Can she solve the mystery and live to prune another day?

©2022 H.Y. Hanna (P)2025 H.Y. Hanna

Book 6

Another wonderful story by HY Hannah. Narrated by the amazing Pearl Hewitt. Easy and fun listening.

Horticulture, Pesticide, and Murder

Toxic pesticides is weaved into this Poppy Lancaster Murder Mystery. Organic chemicals in nature can be deadly as explained by Bertie, the eccentric and delightful creative scientist next door. Among the cast of characters are Orin the ginger tom cat and Einstein the dog.

Another well written & enjoyable read/listen

Too Mulch to Handle (English Cottage Garden Mysteries ~ Book 6) (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries), my twenty-third read from author H.Y. Hanna & the sixth book in her new English Cottage Garden Series. 7-hours 12-minutes/246-pages of an enjoyable cozy mystery. Cozy Mystery/romance, captivating primary character, what other blurbs can I use to describe these books? Oh well, buy the book, read the books, get into a good author and some good characters as I have. “I received a free Audible copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

Murder by Gardening

I enjoyed book 6 of the English cottage garden series. It was also very informative, in reference to what we use in our home gardens, that may be hazardous to our health. I purchased book the Kindle version & the audible, I love the narrator. I reccomend this series as well as H.Y. Hanna's other series.

One of my favorite in this series!

I loved this one! It just made me happy to read it. As Poppy is developing as a character I am liking her more and more! H Y Hannah is my favorite author 😄