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Thursday, December 8, 2022

Blog Tour & Reviews for the Fairy Garden Mysteries by Daryl Wood Gerber

 


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 . . .

 
REVIEW
This book is just too adorable!!! We meet Courtney who runs a fairy garden tea shop. She carries all the items needed to make your own fairy garden as well as teaching you how to do it. Help comes in the form of a real fairy who is on probation having to do good deeds to be able to go home. They make a fantastic duo and when you add in Pixie the cat it just gets better. Things are going great I til the owner of the dog grooming shop is found in her shops courtyard making her a suspect. Worried for her business she starts investigating with a little help only to find more then bargained for. Makes for a well written cozy full of characters you can both love and hate. The touch of magic gives it just the right flair to really pull the story together making for a read you won't want to put down. A must read for fans of cozies and/or fairies. I totally loved it so I give it 5/5 stars. 

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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 . . .

REVIEW
I am a huge fan of Gerber's work due to skilled writing style but I especially enjoyed book one of this new series. This made me eager to get my hands on this second book which is just as good, if not better, then book one. We catch back up with Courtney as she runs her adorable garden shop. The local.FIFA Lana is causing lots of conflict that Courtney tries to avoid but then she finds the woman dead stabbed with a letter opener from one of fairy gardens. Wanda, her BFF's mom, is standing over her in a daze. This makes her the main suspect but Courtney is determined to prove otherwise with the help of our two favorite fairies. This is a well written cozy that allows the reader to easily picture the setting while also bringing the characters to life sprinkled with a touch of magic. Makes for a fabulously fun read. I totally loved it so I give it 5/5 stars.

 
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.”
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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 . . .

 
REVIEW
This has quickly become a favorite series for me. Courtney is wonderful to follow along with. She could easily be a BFF and that is before you add the fairy gardens as well as the fairies themselves. This time she is hired to put together a party for a socialites fortieth birthday. Add in a famous person and things get interesting. When she turns up dead Courtney has to look into things. Add in her magical fairy network to really make things good. I was hooked from page one and unable to stop until I hit the very end. I can not wait to see what happens next time. A truly magical must read for cozy fans. I totally loved it so I give it 5/5 stars.

 
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.”
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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 . . .

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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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