A reclusive Hollywood legend. Two competing writers. A secret seventy years in the making.

When Olivia Chen and Jackson Reed receive the invitation of a lifetime, they arrive at the fog-shrouded Heatherfield Manor, each determined to win the exclusive contract to write the memoir of Eliza Thornfield—the enigmatic star of Hollywood's golden age who vanished from public life at the height of her fame.

Olivia, an intuitive writer, is drawn to the untold story of a woman's heart. Jackson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, seeks the hard facts behind a carefully constructed legend. But as Eliza begins to share her story, she gives them each a different piece of the puzzle—a cryptic riddle about a choice in a long-lost garden for Olivia, and a trail of cold, hard financial documents for Jackson.

Trapped in the manor's gothic atmosphere, the two writers must navigate the labyrinth of Eliza's past and their own growing, complicated connection. They soon realize that this is more than a competition; it's a test. The maze in the garden holds a secret, a tarnished locket hides a forgotten name, and the truth behind Eliza's seventy years of silence is more profound and transformative than either of them could ever imagine.

Whispers in the Garden is a masterful literary mystery that explores the nature of truth, the weight of identity, and the extraordinary measures one will take for love. It is a story that reminds us that the most compelling narratives are not always the ones that are told, but the ones that must be discovered.