Fiona Knox is still learning what it means to be the Keeper of the
Garden at Duncreigan while juggling the opening of her new business,
the Climbing Rose Flower Shop. Unfortunately, not everyone in
Bellewick is happy with Fiona's legacy. The local parish rector, Quaid
MacCullen, despises everything about Duncreigan and is determined to
make Fiona aware of how unwelcome she truly is. Fiona isn't the only
one unhappy with Minister MacCullen, however... When his body
washes up on the beach, Fiona finds herself embroiled in another
mystery to clear her name.
DEATH AND DAISIES is the second
book in the Magic Garden
Mystery series. Readers new to the series can jump right in
and enjoy the story as author Amanda Flowers provides enough of the
back story on the characters. However, I suspect readers will quickly
find themselves wanting more of this fascinating world.
Sometimes a book enchants you so much that it's hard to find the
words to express just how much you love it. DEATH AND DAISIES is definitely one of those books! I
love each and every aspect of the storyline, from the characters who I
(mostly) want to meet to the exquisite world building that incorporates
such a magical garden. Fiona, Isla, Hamish, Kipling, Presha, and all the
other residents of the village have me completely charmed.
Amanda Flowers is starting to give us hints about the origin and
mystery behind the garden. We already know the basics about the first
Keeper, Baird MacCallister, and how the sea spared him due to his
promise to remain in Scotland forever to help others. However, we have
all sorts of unanswered questions about the menhir, the garden itself,
and of course, the ever-present fox whom Fiona assumes is her Uncle
Ian.
I absolutely adore the Magic Garden
Mystery series! Amanda Flowers has definitely hooked me as I
want to see more of the enchanted garden and her fascinating
characters. If you love cozy mysteries with a solid dose of magical
realism, then look no further than DEATH AND DAISIES as Amanda Flowers has a real
treat in store for you!
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 later
(made a trifle less unpleasant by the presence of handsome
Chief Inspector Neil Craig), 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 terribly 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
in Death and Daisies, national bestselling author
Amanda Flower’s second enchanting Magic Garden mystery.
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