Courtney Kelly has a shop full of delights, a cat named Pixie, a green thumbโand a magical touch when it comes to garden design. But in Carmel-by-the-Sea, things arenโt all sweetness and fairy lights. ...
When Courtneyโs 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 scuffleโin the midst of an elegant fundraiser, no lessโand lobbing insults around like pickleballs.
Next thing Courtney knows, Lana is on the floor, stabbed with a decorative letter opener from one of Courtneyโs fairy gardens, and Wanda is standing by asking โWhat have I done?โ 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 Lanaโs ticked off, like her long-suffering husband? To find out, Courtney will have to dig up some dirt. ...