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A Sprinkling Of Murder (A Fairy Garden Mystery)

by Daryl Wood Gerber

I received this book free to review; however, all opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive compensation at no cost to you.

A Sprinkling Of Murder (A Fairy Garden Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Publisher: Kensington (June 30, 2020)
Paperback: 304 pages

Fairy garden store owner Courtney Kelly believes in inviting magic into your life. But when uninvited trouble enters her shop, she’ll need more than a sprinkling of her imagination to solve a murder . . .

Since childhood, Courtney has loved fairies. After her mother died when she was ten, she lost touch with that feeling of magic. A year ago, at age twenty-nine, she rediscovered it when she left her father’s landscaping business to spread her wings and start a fairy garden business and tea shop in beautiful Carmel, California. At Open Your Imagination, she teaches garden design and sells everything from fairy figurines to tinkling wind chimes and trickling fountains. Now she’s starting a book club tea.

But the light of the magical world she’s created inside her shop is darkened one night when she discovers neighboring dog-grooming business owner Mick Watkins dead beside a fountain. To make matters worse, the police suspect Courtney of the crime. To clear her name and find the real killer, Courtney will have to wing it. But she’s about to get a little help from an unexpected new friend . . .

My review of A Sprinkling of Murder

A Sprinkling of Murder is an enchanting cozy mystery. It’s the first in the new A Fairy Garden Mystery series where Courtney Kelly runs Open Your Imagination in Carmel, CA. I absolutely love the setting of this story. Courtney’s house and her neighborhood seem like the perfect place to live. The downtown area is charming with lovely shops. I’m ready to move! If you’ve never looked at photos of Carmel, look them up! You’re going to want to move too.

I love both the main characters and secondary characters in A Sprinkling of Murder. For a first book, they’re very well-developed. Courtney and Joss work perfectly together at Open Your Imagination, Courtney’s store. They not only sell whimsical items to create your own fairy garden, they hold classes on how to make fairy gardens, host a book club, serve lots of yummy teas and more.

But, murder puts a damper on things, especially since Courtney is on the suspect list. She obviously knows she didn’t do it, so she snoops around for clues to “help” the police solve the crime. Since there are several possible suspects, you’ll be guessing right along with Courtney.

This book leaves lots of possible story lines open for future books, and I can’t wait to see what Courtney and her friends get involved in next! I think you’ll love A Sprinkling of Murder as much as I did!

About Daryl Wood Gerber

Agatha Award-winning author Daryl Wood Gerber writes the nationally bestselling Cookbook Nook Mysteries as well as the French Bistro Mysteries. In June 2020, her new series, the Fairy Garden Mysteries debuts. As Avery Aames, she pens the popular Cheese Shop Mysteries. Daryl also writes the Aspen Adams novels of suspense as well as stand-alone suspense. Fun tidbit: as an actress, Daryl appeared in “Murder, She Wrote.” She loves to cook, garden, and read, and she has a frisky Goldendoodle named Sparky who keeps her in line!

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