| Abby
Knight Salvare and her new husband, Marco, are house hunting.
Their Realtor takes them to see a fixer-upper, and although
Abby isn't impressed by the exterior, a curious little girl
who lived in the house intrigues her. Complicating matters,
a construction worker took a nasty fall off a tall ladder
and is in critical condition. The Jones family, who were renting
the house, moves out the very same night. Are the two events
related?
When
the wife of the worker, Rosa Marin, hires Abby and Marco to
investigate the accident, Abby starts her own, independent
investigation into what happened to the Jones family. There
are co-workers who all held grudges against Sergio Marin,
but could it be that Rosa herself caused her husband's "accident?"
Once
again, Kate Collins has masterfully crafted a clever mystery
full of well-developed long term characters interspersed with
new ones, who breathe a new life into the series. If you have
followed the Flower Shop series for long, you are in for a
treat with this new book. If you have not read the previous
books, this one is still great as a stand alone, but I bet
it will leave you more than ready to go back to the beginning
and read the previous 15 stories.
I read
this on a winter weekend with a roaring fire and a snowstorm
outside my window, and the images conjured of Abby's flower
shop, Bloomers, gave me just the touch of spring thinking
I needed.
Reviews
of other titles in this series
Mum's
The Word #1
Slay
it with Flowers #2
Dearly
Depotted #3
Snipped
in the Bud #4
Acts
of Violets #5
A
Rose from the Dead #6
Shoots
to Kill #7
Night
of the Living Dandelion #11
To
Catch a Leaf #12
Nightshade
on Elm Street #13
Seed
No Evil #14
Throw
in the Trowel #15
A
Root Awakening #16
Florist
Grump #17
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