Flowers and Foul Play: 10/07/20

Flowers and Foul Play by Amanda Flower and Eilidh Beaton (narrator) is the first book in the Magic Garden mystery series. Fiona Knox has come to Duncreigan to inherit her godfather's cottage and garden. She's shocked to find his solicitor dead in the heart of the garden and even more so to be accused of his murder!

While Fiona is trying to get over her jet lag, she's also contending with a close-knit village who sees her as an interloper. Meanwhile, she needs to learn who she can trust and what's expected of her as the Duncreigan heir.

As with her Magical Bookshop series, there's a magical element to this series. Here it's wrapped up in the legend of the first resident of Duncreigan and how he was saved from drowning at sea. He promised to stay away from the sea and in return was given a safe place to live with a magical garden that thrives even in the worst of winters. Now it appears that Fiona has that same connection with the garden.

One big difference here that the garden doesn't take an active role in helping Fiona solve the murder. Her connection to the garden is a separate thing but still a nice element to this series.

Fiona is originally from Kentucky but has spent many summers in Scotland. She's not ignorant of the place she's calling her new home. As I'm listening to the series in audiobook, the narrator has a ton of work to do. Eilidh Beaton does a fantastic job moving between characters and accents.

Four stars

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