Thorns, Roses & Murder

Molly McGuire Fitzgerald has been back in the Irish village of Dooley for four years now—running her bookshop, settling into married life with Detective Inspector Liam Fitzgerald, and slowly embracing the magical gifts she inherited. But when American businesswoman Prudence Ashford is found dead among the heritage roses at the annual Garden Festival, her quiet life shatters.

As bodies pile up and evidence points in conflicting directions, Molly finds herself caught in a deadly game. With morning sickness that won’t quit (she insists it’s ‘just the flu’), enhanced magical abilities she can’t quite control, and a killer who’s always one step ahead, she teams up with her seer grandmother and the village’s amateur sleuths to uncover the truth.

Someone is systematically eliminating anyone who gets too close to discovering their identity—and they’ve become very good at framing the innocent. Between smuggled artifacts, bitter jealousies, and a love turned lethally toxic, Molly must untangle a web of lies before the killer strikes again.

Because in Dooley, not everyone who tends a garden has clean hands. And some secrets are worth killing to protect—especially when the murderer might just be hiding in plain sight.