A Sprinkling of Murder
A Fairy Garden Mystery Book 1
by Daryl Wood Gerber
Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery
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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
Courtney 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 teashop in beautiful Carmel, California. At Open
Your Imagination, she teaches garden design and sells everything from
fairy figurines to tinkling wind chimes. 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 her
patio 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 source . . .
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A Glimmer of a Clue
A Fairy Garden Mystery Book 2
Courtney
Kelly has a shop full of delights, a cat named Pixie, a green
thumb—and a magical touch when it comes to garden design. 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 . . .
Praise
for Daryl Wood Gerber’s A
Sprinkling of Murder
“Enchanting
series launch from Agatha Award winner Gerber . . . Cozy fans will
wish upon a star for more.”
—Publishers
Weekly
“A
winner. . . . Fans of Laura Childs’ work will enjoy.”
—Booklist
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A Hint of Mischief
A Fairy Garden Mystery Book 3
The
proprietor of a fairy garden and tea shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea,
Courtney Kelly has an occasional side gig as a sleuth—with a
sprinkling of magical assistance. . . .
Courtney
has thrown a few fairy garden parties—for kids. But if a local
socialite is willing to dip into her trust fund for an old sorority
sister’s fortieth birthday bash, Courtney will be there with bells
on. To make the job even more appealing, a famous actress, Farrah
Lawson, is flying in for the occasion, and there’s nothing like a
celebrity cameo to raise a business’s profile.
Now
Courtney has less than two weeks to paint a mural, hang up tinkling
windchimes, plan party games, and conjure up all the details. While
she works her magic, the hostess and her girlfriends head off for an
indulgent spa day—which leads to a fateful facial for Farrah,
followed by her mysterious death. Could the kindhearted eyebrow waxer
who Farrah berated in public really be the killer, as the police
suspect? Courtney thinks otherwise, and with the help of her
imaginative sleuth fairy, sets out to dig up the truth behind this
puzzling murder . . .
Praise
for Daryl Wood Gerber’s A
Sprinkling of Murder
“Enchanting
series launch from Agatha Award winner Gerber. . . . Cozy fans will
wish upon a star for more.”
—Publishers
Weekly
“A
winner. . . . Fans of Laura Childs’ work will enjoy.”
—Booklist
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A Flicker of a Doubt
A Fairy Garden Mystery Book 4
From
Agatha Award-winning author Daryl Wood Gerber, the fourth 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 and the kind of magical
assistance its proprietor will need to investigate a shocking murder
at a prestigious art show!
Making
fairy gardens, and teaching crafters how to do the same, keeps
Carmel-by-the-Sea shop owner Courtney Kelly busy—but sometimes she
has to make time for a wee bit of detective work . . .
With
a theater foundation tea and an art show planned at Violet Vickers’s
estate, Courtney is hired to create charming fairy gardens for the
event. It’s not so charming, however, when her best friend
Meaghan’s ex-boyfriend turns out to be Violet’s latest artistic
protégé. Even worse, not long after Meaghan locks horns with him,
his body is found in her yard, bludgeoned with an objet
d’murder.
There’s a gallery of suspects, from an unstable
former flame to an arts and crafts teacher with a sketchy past. But
when the cops focus on Meaghan’s business partner, who’s like a
protective older brother to her, and discover he also has a secret
financial motive, Courtney decides to draw her own conclusions.
Fearing they’re missing the forest for the trees, and with some
help from Fiona the sleuthing fairy, she hopes to make them see the
light . . .
**Coming Soon on March 28, 2023 – PreOrder Now!**
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Agatha Award-winning author Daryl Wood Gerber is best known for her nationally bestselling Fairy Garden Mysteries, Cookbook Nook Mysteries, and French Bistro Mysteries. As Avery Aames, she penned the popular Cheese Shop Mysteries. In addition, Daryl writes the Aspen Adams Novels of Suspense as well as stand-alone suspense. Daryl loves to cook, fairy garden, and read. She has a frisky Goldendoodle who keeps her in line. And she has been known to jump out of a perfectly good airplane and hitch-hike around Ireland alone. You can learn more on her website: https://darylwoodgerber.com
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