A HINT OF MISCHIEF
by Daryl Wood Gerber
A shop owner in enchanting Carmel-by-the Sea investigates yet another murder with otherworldly help.
Courtney Kelly owns Open Your Imagination, a shop that specializes in all things fairy. She’s well known for both her fairy gardens and her lessons in how to make them. When trust-fund baby Misty Dawn hires Courtney to throw a fairy-themed birthday party in her backyard for her friend Odine Oates, it seems like a fun and lucrative deal. Most of the guests are sorority sisters of Misty and her special guest, actress Farrah Lawson, whose past with some members of the group has been fraught. Courtney enlists some of her besties to help with decorations, games, and food, the last provided by her romantic interest, Brady Cash. At a spa party to which Misty invites Courtney, Farrah goes ballistic when a wax treatment by Twyla Waterman nearly ruins her eyebrows. So when Farrah’s found dead, Twyla’s an obvious suspect. Although Courtney, with some assistance from Fiona, her mischievous resident fairy-in-training, has already helped solve a number of murders, neither Detective Dylan Summers nor Courtney’s father, a former police officer, wants her involved. Ignoring their wishes, Courtney digs into Farrah’s background and uses Fiona’s ability to overhear conversations to identify some alternate suspects.
A charming cozy with gardening tips, recipes, and a raft of suspects for those who don’t believe in fairies.