This was sitting on Mt. TBR and I snagged it to read in preparation for my turn in the Mystery VBB. I suspected right away that I had read it before, but since I only remembered the tour of the Monet-inspired garden and not the mystery, I kept going.

Not the best in the series, which is a little off-beat to begin with. Miss Seeton is not so much the detective as the catalyst or focal point around which the mysteries occur and are resolved while she remains oblivious. I realized shortly after picking it up that I had read this installment before, but all I could remember was the part about the Monet-inspired garden and nothing about the mystery. There is less focus on the mystery in this book than in most of them -- actually, it is not clear what the crime involved is until the end of the book. I was startled to realize in reading this book that the whole series takes place in Kent -- I can't believe I missed it before, considering that my grandmother was born in Kent. But it immediately helped the landscape make more sense to me, especially The Street in Plummergen, because of the trip I made to Kent in 2015

Adding this to the Mystery VBB organized by bookstogive

This book was not selected from the VBB in two rounds, so I will remove it and find another way for it to travel.

This book was left on the shelf after meet-up today.

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