Death and Daisies
A Magic Garden Mystery
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- ¥1,300
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National bestselling author: Florist Fiona Knox left behind her gloomy life for a magical garden in Scotland, but a murder on her shop’s opening day spells doom
Fiona Knox thought she was pulling her life back together when she inherited her godfather’s cottage in Duncreigan, Scotland—complete with a magical walled garden. But the erstwhile Tennessee flower shop owner promptly found herself puddle boot-deep in danger when she found a dead body among the glimmering blossoms. One police investigation and a handsome Chief Inspector names Neil Craig later and Fiona’s life is getting back on a steady—though bewitched—track. Her sister Isla has just moved in with her, and the grand opening of her new spellbound venture, the Climbing Rose Flower Shop in Aberdeenshire, is imminent.
But dark, ensorcelled clouds are gathering to douse Fiona’s newly sunny outlook. First, imperious parish minister Quaid MacCullen makes it undeniably clear that he would be happy to send Fiona back to Tennessee. Then, a horrific lightning storm, rife with terrible omen, threatens to tear apart the elderly cottage and sends Fi and Isla cowering under their beds. The storm passes, but then, Fi is called away from the Climbing Rose’s opening soiree when Kipling, the tiny village’s weak-kneed volunteer police chief, finds a dead body on the beach.
The body proves difficult to identify, but Kipling is certain it’s that of the parish minister. Which makes Fiona, MacCullen’s new nemesis, a suspect. And what’s worse, Isla has seemed bewitched as of late...did she do something unspeakable to protect her sister? The last thing Fiona wanted to do was play detective again. But now, the rosy future she’d envisioned is going to seed, and if she and Craig can’t clear her name, her idyllic life will wilt away.
Perfect for readers of Paige Shelton and Sheila Connolly, Death and Daises is the second floral Magic Garden Mystery by national bestselling author Amanda Flower.
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In Flower's gentle sequel to Flowers and Foul Play, Tennessee-born florist Fiona Knox, who has recently moved to the tiny Scottish fishing village of Duncreigan, is set to open her new shop, the Climbing Rose, named after the 300-year-old rose growing in her cottage garden, a legacy bequeathed to her by her godfather, who has enjoined her to use the magic the garden contains to help others. The day before the shop's official opening, Quaid MacCullen, the local parish rector, drops by to make it clear that Fiona and her hocus pocus are not welcome in town. The next day, MacCullen's body is found on the beach. Bruising on his neck indicates that he has been murdered. Fortunately, handsome Aberdeen-based Chief Insp. Neil Craig, with whom Fiona is smitten, is on hand to deal with the official investigation, while Fiona assists by piecing together gossip and her own observations. Those with a taste for fantasy-tinged cozies will want to see more of the appealing Fiona.)
