Synopses & Reviews
Its finally time to say, I do!” As long as I can keep my mom out of jail long enough to get her to the ceremony.... Someones Biting Mad.
Abby Knights wedding is in less than two weeks, and everything is going wrong. The cooler in her flower shop is leaking, her neck has swollen to unnatural proportions, her groom is acting distant, and she still doesnt know where shes actually getting married!
But things go from bad to worse when the director of her favorite charity, Protecting Animal Rights, is murdered, and Abbys mother becomes the main suspect. Abbys wedding worries will have to wait until shealong with her fiancé, Marco, and an adorable mutt named Seedycan nose out who wanted the animal activist put to sleep. But theyll have to sort through the long list of suspects quickly, or her mom may be tossed in the slammer before Abby tosses the bouquet....
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Praise for the Flower Shop Mysteries
“Move over, Stephanie Plum. Abby Knight has come to town.”—Denise Swanson, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Scumble River Mysteries
“One of my favorite mystery series.”—Kate Carlisle, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Bibliophile Mysteries
“A sharp and funny heroine.”—Maggie Sefton, Author of the Knitting Mysteries
“As fresh as a daisy, with a bouquet of irresistible characters.”—Elaine Viets, Author of the Dead End Job Mysteries
Synopsis
It s finally time to say, I do As long as I can keep my mom
out of jail long enough to get her to the ceremony....Someone s Biting Mad.
Abby Knight s wedding is in less than two weeks, and everything is going wrong. The cooler in her flower shop is leaking, her neck has swollen to unnatural proportions, her groom is acting distant, and she still doesn t know where she s actually getting married
But things go from bad to worse when the director of her favorite charity, Protecting Animal Rights, is murdered, and Abby s mother becomes the main suspect. Abby s wedding worries will have to wait until she along with her fiance, Marco, and an adorable mutt named Seedy can nose out who wanted the animal activist put to sleep. But they ll have to sort through the long list of suspects quickly, or her mom may be tossed in the slammer before Abby tosses the bouquet....
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Plans to build a country music theater in Scumble River fall flat whena female country singer is murdered, and the motives and suspects stretch back decades.
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Flower shop owner Abby Knight does not believe rumors that Vlad Serban, friend and employee of Abby's fiancé Marco, is a vampire. But how to explain that Vlad is from Romania, has prominent canines, likes bizarre plants such as bloodwort and Dracula orchid, and dresses entirely in black?
When a local woman is found dead, her body drained of blood, the stakes become life and death. With Vlad the #1 suspect, Abby and Marco race to find the real killer, before Vlad's life really starts to suck.
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Maybe Abby Knight shouldn't have chosen a home and garden show sponsored by Uniworld Food as the venue for her protest against the corporation's harmful farming practices. But being bodily removed from the event won't stop her campaign. Nor will a burning brick thrown through her flower shop's window.
After she narrowly escapes being kidnapped three times, Abby calls in the big guns-her ex-Ranger boyfriend Marco and her friends and family. And then the stakes are raised by murder...
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The dating scene can be a killer...Determined to help her roommate Nikki out of her singles slump, Abby Knight encourages her to give speed dating a try. Of course, Nikki wants the guy at the very bottom of Abby?s list, Jonas Treat?a.k.a. ?Treat the Cheat??and figures just one date with him couldn?t hurt. But then Jonas is found dead?and evidence points to Nikki as his killer.
To clear Nikki?s name, Abby enlists the help of her hunky ex-Army Ranger boyfriend, Marco. But Marco?s rambunctious extended family turns Abby?s hectic life into a disaster zone. With her patience seriously wilting, and a killer on the loose, Abby is determined to dig herself out of this mess?before someone buries her instead...
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Eight years ago, Abby Knight babysat for a problem teen named Elizabeth. Today, Elizabeths back, with a new name (Libby) and a whole new life (stolen)namely, one that already belongs to Abby. Libbys even trying to steal Abbys boyfriend, Marco. But imitation really becomes the sincerest form of trouble when Abby finds herself the accused dupe in a bizarre murder plot.
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Flower shop owner Abby Knight is aglow with happiness now that she's officially engaged to her longtime beau, Marco Salvare. Nothing can possibly dampen her joy-until wealthy dowager Virginia Newport is killed, and Abby's assistant Grace Bingham is the prime suspect. The plot thickens when they stumble upon mysterious stolen art and a missing cat, all part of an elaborate heist. Before Abby can throw her bouquet, she'll have to save her friend and throw a killer and a thief in jail...
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The newest Flower Shop mystery
When high-powered lawyer Ken "the Lip" Lipinski is found dead from a suspicious overdose, florist and amateur sleuth Abby Knight finds it hard to swallow that his opposing counsel—and her old boss—is the murderer. Watch a Video
About the Author
Kate Collins grew up in a suburb of Hammond, Indiana, one block from the family home of author Jean Shepherd, whose humorous stories inspired Kate at an early age. After a stint as an elementary school teacher, Kate wrote childrens short stories and historical romance novels before turning to her true passion, mystery. The author of the popular Flower Shop Mystery series, she lives in northwest Indiana and Key West, Florida.