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SHOOTS TO KILL

Shoots to Kill, August 2008
Flower Shop #7
by Kate Collins

Obsidian
Featuring: Abby Knight
336 pages
ISBN: 0451224744
EAN: 9780451224743
Paperback
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"Imitation is not Always the Sincerest Form of Flattery, Sometimes it Can Be Deadly"

Fresh Fiction Review

SHOOTS TO KILL
Kate Collins

Reviewed by Stacey Hayman
Posted October 6, 2008

Mystery Woman Sleuth

Abby knows her arrest is just a case of mistaken identity. Mistaken because a young woman named Elizabeth Blume has just spent the last three weeks actively trying to "become" Abby in her own twisted way. Making things even more twisted for Abby is the fact that no one will believe her when she tries to point this out. Libby, as she is now asking to be called, started by trying to intern for her but since Abby remembered her as being trouble when she babysat for the Blumes, Abby decided not to open that can of worms again. Then Libby tries get closer to Marco, Abby's boyfriend, by hiring him to do some PI work on her behalf. When Abby shows up to her family's Friday night dinner and finds Libby in her seat, eating her Abby's favorite foods, Abby starts to feel a slow burn of anger. The next day, when Abby goes to her hair appointment and sees Libby sitting in the salon chair getting the exact same haircut as Abby has and then runs into her having lunch with her cousin, Abby decides enough is enough. Little does Abby know the best is yet to come. Libby opens 'Blume's Art Store' right across the square from Abby's flower shop 'Bloomers' and Abby seems to be the only person who can clearly see that Libby has attempted to exactly duplicate both the interior and exterior look of Abby's shop. When Delphi Blume is murdered and her body is left in the alley behind Bloomers, with witnesses seeing a woman who fits Abby's description to a "t," Abby is arrested.

Now Abby really needs to figure out whats going on with Libby and Libby's brother Oliver. How can she be the only one to see that these siblings are not quite right? Will she be able to prove who killed Delphi before everything in her life stops making sense?

This is the sixth Flower Shop Mystery. The familar characters and the complete resolution to the murder mystery is a strong part of what keeps fans coming back for more. It's also satisfying to read a book where the good are rewarded and the bad are punished.

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SUMMARY

Eight years ago, Abby Knight babysat for a problem teen named Elizabeth. Today, Elizabethโ€™s back, with a new name (Libby) and a whole new life (stolen)โ€”namely, one that already belongs to Abby. Libbyโ€™s even trying to steal Abbyโ€™s boyfriend, Marco. But imitation really becomes the sincerest form of trouble when Abby finds herself the accused dupe in a bizarre murder plot.

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BOOK SERIES

Flower Shop

Mum's the Word
MUM'S THE WORD
#1.0 โ€ข November 2004
Slay it with Flowers
SLAY IT WITH FLOWERS
#2.0 โ€ข March 2005
Dearly Depotted
DEARLY DEPOTTED
#3.0 โ€ข July 2005
Snipped In The Bud
SNIPPED IN THE BUD
#4.0 โ€ข May 2006
Acts Of Violets
ACTS OF VIOLETS
#5.0 โ€ข March 2007
A Rose From the Dead
A ROSE FROM THE DEAD
#6.0 โ€ข December 2007
Shoots to Kill
SHOOTS TO KILL
#7.0 โ€ข August 2008
Evil In Carnations
EVIL IN CARNATIONS
#8.0 โ€ข February 2009
Sleeping With Anemone
SLEEPING WITH ANEMONE
#9.0 โ€ข February 2010
Dirty Rotten Tendrils
DIRTY ROTTEN TENDRILS
#10.0 โ€ข October 2010
Night Of The Living Dandelion
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DANDELION
#11.0 โ€ข April 2011
To Catch A Leaf
TO CATCH A LEAF
#12.0 โ€ข November 2011
Nightshade On Elm Street
NIGHTSHADE ON ELM STREET
#13.0 โ€ข November 2012
Seed No Evil
SEED NO EVIL
#14.0 โ€ข August 2013
Throw In The Trowel
THROW IN THE TROWEL
#15.0 โ€ข February 2014
A Root Awakening
A ROOT AWAKENING
#16.0 โ€ข February 2015
Florist Gump
FLORIST GUMP
#17.0 โ€ข November 2015
Moss Hysteria
MOSS HYSTERIA
#18.0 โ€ข April 2016
Yews with Caution
YEWS WITH CAUTION
#19.0 โ€ข June 2017

 

 

 

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