From Agatha Award-winning author Daryl Wood Gerber, the second in an
enchantingly whimsical series featuring Courtney Kelly, the owner of a
fairy-gardening and tea shop in Carmel, California. It's a special place
brimming with good vibes, lush greenery, miniature fairy accessories,
and soothing fountains; the perfect venue for book club teas and home to
a cat named Pixie. But in Carmel-by-the-Sea, things aren't all sweetness
and fairy lights...
When Courtney's friend Wanda gets into a ponytail-pulling wrestling
match in public with a nasty local art critic, Courtney stops the fight
with the help of a garden hose. But Lana Lamar has a talent for
escalating things and creating tension, which she succeeds in doing by
threatening a lawsuit, getting into yet another scuffle--in the midst of
an elegant fundraiser, no less--and lobbing insults around like
pickleballs.
Next thing Courtney knows, Lana is on the floor, stabbed with a
decorative letter opener from one of Courtney's fairy gardens, and Wanda
is standing by asking What have I done? But the answer may not be as
obvious as it seems, since Wanda is prone to sleepwalking and appears to
be in a daze. Could she have risen from her nap and committed murder
while unconscious? Or is the guilty party someone else Lana's ticked
off, like her long-suffering husband? To find out, Courtney will have to
dig up some dirt...
