The owner of a whimsical fairy-gardening tea shop in Carmel, California, investigates after an unpleasant local art critic is found stabbed to death with a decorative letter opener in the second novel of the series.

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. Lana Lamar has a talent for creating tension, and she threatens Wanda with a lawsuit before getting into yet another scuffle in the midst of an elegant fundraiser. When Lana is found on the floor, stabbed with a decorative letter opener from one of Courtney's fairy gardens, Wanda is standing by asking 'What have I done?' Is she the guilty party, or is it someone else Lana has ticked off? -- Adapted from back cover.