Order of Marty Wingate Books

Marty Wingate is an American author of cozy mystery novels and non-fiction books. She writes the Potting Shed Mysteries and Birds of a Feather Mysteries. Besides writing, Marty speaks about gardens and travel. Her garden articles appear in publications such as Fine Gardening, American Gardener, Country Gardens, and Gardening How-to. She also appears on the A Dry Rain podcast. Marty leads garden tours to European and North American destinations.

Marty Wingate became a published author in 2003 with the non-fiction book Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens. Her debut as a novelist was in 2014 with The Garden Plot, beginning her Potting Shed Mysteries series. Below is a list of Marty Wingate’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Potting Shed Mysteries Books

The Garden Plot	(2014)
The Red Book of Primrose House	(2014)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place	(2015)
The Skeleton Garden	(2016)
The Bluebonnet Betrayal	(2016)
Best-Laid Plants	(2017)
Midsummer Mayhem	(2018)
Christmas at Greenoak	(2019)
Bittersweet Herbs	(2021)

Publication Order of Birds Of A Feather Mysteries Books

The Rhyme of the Magpie	(2015)
Empty Nest	(2015)
Every Trick in the Rook	(2017)
Farewell, My Cuckoo	(2018)

Publication Order of First Edition Library Mysteries Books

The Bodies in the Library	(2019)
Murder is a Must	(2020)
The Librarian Always Rings Twice	(2022)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Glamour Girls	(2021)
The Orphans of Mersea House	(2022)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens	(2003)
The Big Book of Northwest Perennials	(2005)
The Bellevue Botanical Garden	(2007)
Landscaping for Privacy	(2011)
Perennials for the Pacific Northwest	(2013)

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Marty Wingate Synopsis: The Rhyme of the Magpie by Marty Wingate is the first book in the Birds of a Feather Mysteries series. With her personal life in ruins, Julia Lanchester feels she has no choice but to leave her job on her father’s hit BBC Two nature show, A Bird in the Hand. Accepting a tourist management position in Smeaton-under-Lyme, a small village in the English countryside, Julia throws herself into her new life, delighting sightseers (and a local member of the gentry) with tales of ancient Romans and pillaging Vikings. But the past is front and center when her father, Rupert, tracks her down in a moment of desperation. Julia refuses to hear him out; his quick remarriage after her mother’s death was one of the reasons Julia flew the coop. But later she gets a distressed call from her new stepmother: Rupert has gone missing. Julia decides to investigate – she owes him that much, at least – and her father’s new assistant, the infuriatingly dapper Michael Sedgwick, offers to help. Little does the unlikely pair realize that awaiting them is a tightly woven nest of lies and murder.