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World-famous fiddle player Barley McFee arrives in blustery Bellewick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for a grand homecoming concert organized by jeweler Bernice Brennan. Fiona Knox, owner of the Climbing Rose Flower Shop, is starting to regret volunteering to help with the concert. Bernice is an exacting taskmaster, and Fiona has enough tension dealing with her parents, who have traveled from Tennessee to visit Fi and her younger sister, Isla, and to reveal a secret about Fi's birth. But when Barley is found dead in his trailer during the concert's intermission, and his death is shockingly tied to Fiona's father, Fiona discovers there are more secrets surrounding her family than she realized.
Much to the chagrin of handsome Neil Craig, Chief Inspector of the County Aberdeen Police, Fiona delves into the case to clear her father's name. To make matters worse, Fiona learns that Duncreigan, the magical garden that she inherited from her godfather, is dying. At some point during the concert, someone broke into the garden and cut the centuries-old climbing rose—the source of the garden's magic—from the standing stone.
The stakes are higher than ever and Fiona could lose all that she's grown unless she's able to dispel this terrible curse and dig up the truth—fast.
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- ISBN: 9781643853192
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- ISBN: 9781643853192
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May 11, 2020
Agatha winner Flower’s delightful fifth Magic Garden mystery (after 2019’s Verse and Vengence) introduces Tennessee native Fiona Knox, owner of the Climbing Rose Flower Shop in the Scottish village of Bellewick. Renowned fiddler Barley McFee has returned home to Bellewick for a concert, but tensions brewing within Barley’s touring band threaten to ruin it. The afternoon of the performance, Barley fails to return to the stage after intermission. Fiona, a volunteer helper at the show, checks the musician’s trailer, where she finds him strangled with a fiddle cord. When the police investigate, they discover a link between Barley’s murder and Fiona’s father, who’s visiting from Tennessee. Fiona, who has the gift of envisioning the future through dreams, can’t resist helping her boyfriend, Chief Insp. Neil Craig, try to exonerate her father. An intriguing subplot involves problems with the magical garden Fiona inherited from her Scottish godfather. Paranormal cozy fans and armchair travelers alike will have fun. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, Seymour Agency. -
May 15, 2020
Florist Fiona Knox moved from Tennessee to the fishing village of Bellewick, Scotland, to become keeper of the magic garden of the Duncreigan estate, which she inherited on the death of her godfather. As part of the Merchant Society of Bellewick, Fiona has been assisting in the preparations for famous fiddler Barley McFee's homecoming concert. Complicating matters, Fiona's parents are visiting, and she, her sister Isla, and her parents are keeping secrets from one another. When Fiona finds McFee dead in his trailer during a break in the concert, her Scottish father becomes a suspect. Fiona is determined to find the culprit and clear her father, even though her boyfriend, Chief Inspector Neil Craig, disapproves. To make matters worse, the garden has withered, and it is up to Fiona to make it bloom again. Plot twists, the vividly described Scottish setting, well-drawn characters, secrets, and magic distinguish this cozy, which will appeal to fans of Esme Addison's magical A Spell for Trouble (2020).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)
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