Death and Daisies

A Magic Garden Mystery

By: Amanda Flower

Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton

National best-selling author Amanda Flower returns with her second floral Magic Garden mystery, perfect for fans of Paige Shelton and Sheila Connolly.

Florist Fiona Knox left behind her gloomy life for a magical garden in Scotland, but a murder on her shop’s opening day spells doom.

Fiona Knox thought she was pulling her life back together when she inherited her godfather’s cottage in Duncreigan, Scotland - complete with a magical walled garden. But the erstwhile Tennessee flower shop owner promptly found herself puddle boot deep in danger when she found a dead body among the glimmering blossoms. One police investigation later (made a trifle less unpleasant by the presence of handsome Chief Inspector Neil Craig), and Fiona’s life is getting back on a steady, though bewitched, track. Her sister Isla has just moved in with her, and the grand opening of her new spellbound venture, the Climbing Rose Flower Shop in Aberdeenshire, is imminent.

But dark, ensorcelled clouds are gathering to douse Fiona’s newly sunny outlook. First, imperious parish minister Quaid MacCullen makes it undeniably clear that he would be happy to send Fiona back to Tennessee. Then, a horrific lightning storm, rife with a terrible omen, threatens to tear apart the elderly cottage and sends Fi and Isla cowering under their beds. The storm passes, but then, Fi is called away from the Climbing Rose’s opening soiree when Kipling, the tiny village’s weak-kneed volunteer police chief, finds a dead body on the beach.

The body proves difficult to identify, but Kipling is certain it’s that of the parish minister. Which makes Fiona, MacCullen’s new nemesis, a suspect. And what’s worse, Isla has seemed bewitched as of late…did she do something unspeakable to protect her sister? The last thing Fiona wanted to do was play detective again. But now, the rosy future she’d envisioned is going to seed, and if she and Craig can’t clear her name, her idyllic life will wilt away in Death and Daisies, national best-selling author Amanda Flower’s second enchanting Magic Garden mystery.

©2018 Amanda Flower (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Great 2nd Book

I thoroughly enjoyed the narration and the story. Would definitely recommend this to any fans of Amanda Flower. Cannot wait to read what's next for Fiona and Chief Inspector Neil Craig.

Cute story

Very cute story and looking forward to reading the other books in the series. A very cozy little mystery with a touch of romance.

Story fine but too much southern drawl

I prefer more mystery and less side story. Sometimes there is so much side story the it makes me wonder, " Where is she going with this"? It took five chapters before she started the mystery. Disputes that , it was a pleasant mystery. I know that Fiona is from Tennessee but the southern drawl is beginning to bug me. I would prefer the narrative be in regular English and the dialogue have the Southern drawl like the Scottish dialogue. The story drags along because Eilidh Beaton speaks so slowly narrating with that dra-a-a-wl. I will get the next book and hope there will be some improvements.

Audible version - Godawful accent

The story itself is good. The narration, not so much. The IK accents are spot on. However, if the main character is from Tennessee then perhaps the voice talent should find out what a Tennessee southern drawl should actually sound like. It’s much too harsh in this book and is distracting from the story. A Tennessee accent is softer, and the “r” isn’t so hard like a Texas accent. Also note that American pronunciation is “prah-ject”, not “pro-ject” and names that end with an “a” like Ila is not pronounced with the UK “er” like” Iler” or “Emer,” it’s “Iy-lah” and “Ee-mah” with an open mouth. That’s a dead giveaway that the reader has not done her homework. Is she can get that fixed then it would be so much better.

Nice Murder Mystery

I enjoyed the accents and the story. It was almost like a soft murder mystery, it wasn’t intense, but I still enjoyed it and finished the audible.