Marty Wingate

Marty Wingate is a Seattle author who has led garden tours in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and North America. She’s the author of the Birds of a Feather Mystery Series, which features a Dallas gardener (Pru Parke) who moves to London. Wingate also writes the Potting Shed Mystery Series, with sleuth Julia Lanchester, a tourist manager in a small English village. Wingate has also written several books about gardening.

LONDON LADIES’ MURDER CLUB MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Mabel Canning, assistant to the rich and famous in London, 1921

1. A Body on the Doorstep   ’22
2. A Body at the Seance   ’24
3. A Body at the Dancehall   ’24
4. Murder of a Suffragette   ’24

FIRST EDITION LIBRARY MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Hayley Burke, curator of The First Edition Society’s library in Bath, England

1. The Bodies in the Library   ’19
2. Murder Is a Must   ’20
3. The Librarian Always Rings Twice   ’22

POTTING SHED MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Pru Parke, gardener and Dallas native now living in London

1. The Garden Plot    ’14
2. The Red Book of Primrose House    ’14
3. Between a Rock and a Hard Place    ’15
4. The Skeleton Garden    ’16
5. The Bluebonnet Betrayal    ’16
6. Best-Laid Plants     ’17
7. Midsummer Mayhem    ’18
8. Bittersweet Herbs   ’21

BIRDS OF A FEATHER MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Julia Lanchester, tourist manager in Smeaton-under-Lyme, a small English village

1. The Rhyme of the Magpie    ’15
2. Empty Nest    ’15
3. Every Trick in the Rook    ’17
4. Farewell, My Cuckoo   ’18

STAND ALONES:
(not mysteries)

Landscaping for Privacy: Innovative Ways to Turn Your Outdoor Space into a Peaceful Retreat    ’12

Perennials for the Pacific Northwest: 500 Best Plants for Flower Gardens    ’14

The Big Book of Northwest Perennials: Choosing – Growing – Tending    ’05

Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens  ’13