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"Charming cozy mystery debut with witty characters."
Reviewed by Tish Glasson
Posted October 20, 2004

The fact that Abby Knight has dropped out of law school and become a florist doesn't keep people from coming to her for legal advice. Her insatiable need to help (or meddle, as her friends and family see it) often gets her into hot water. After advising a battered woman Read more...

"Exciting amateur sleuth"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 15, 2004

After flunking out of law school and being dumped by her fiancé, Abby Knight returns to her hometown of New Chapel, Indiana. She buys Bloomers, a flower shop and is contented with her life As she goes to open her store, a young fellow plows into her yellow convertible, but Read more...

"A great florist amateur sleuth"
Reviewed by Dawn Dowdle
Posted September 23, 2005

Abby Knight recently opened her flower shop, Bloomers. She is a law school dropout. She really enjoys her shop. But a low-cost competitor has just come to town and is killing her profits. Then a black SUV rams her vintage Corvette in a hit-and- run. The Read more...

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First in the new Flower Shop Mystery series

Summary

I don't meddle, honest! But can I help it if my nose for injustice is as keen as my green thumb? Now, I, Abby Knight, law school dropout, am the proud new owner of Bloomers, my hometown flower shop. I'm devoted to making my business grow—but I'm no shrinking violet if someone needs my help to right a wrong—even if that person is already dead....

So maybe Abby's life isn't the bed of roses she was hoping it would be. She adores her job, but a new low-cost competitor is killing her profits—and a black SUV just rammed her vintage Corvette in a hit-and-run. Determined to track down the driver, she accepts the help of hunky ex- cop Marco Salvare. But their budding relationship is threatened when the trail turns deadly. Now Abby is caught in a tangle of menacing phone calls, police corruption, and murderous road rage. If she's not careful, the next flower arrangement might be for her own funeral....