Murder in the Gardens: A 1920s Historical Mystery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798837346439)

You are cordially invited to the grand opening of the Japanese Tea Gardens on the rooftop of the Grand Opal Hotel...

New York 1925

To celebrate its official opening, the Grand Opal Hotel is hosting an exclusive party for the cr鑪e de la cr鑪e of New York society, to be held in its newly completed rooftop Japanese Tea Gardens.

Jiro Ishida, the gardens' designer is l'homme du moment. Everyone is clamoring for his services to recreate the latest trend in garden aesthetic.

Which is why it's a surprise when he turns up dead in the koi pond.

Once again, Penelope "Pen" Banks is on the case, if only to solve a murder the owner of the hotel and several of its wealthy guests would rather see buried beneath the bonsai trees.

Murder in the Gardens is the fourth book in the Penelope Banks Mystery series set in 1920s New York. The enjoyment of a historical mystery combined with the excitement and daring of New York during Prohibition and the Jazz Age.