The Blood Rose

<p><strong>She came for the flowers. She stayed for the bodies.</strong></p><p>Dana McIntyre traded high-stakes investigations for dahlias and peace of mind-until an invitation to the Toronto Garden & Floral Trade Show yanks her out of her quiet Northern Ontario life. But when an old friend collapses under suspicious circumstances Dana finds herself pulled back into a world of fraud secrets and the kind of danger that doesn't stop blooming just because you look the other way.</p><p>Soon she's chasing whispers through boardrooms and back alleys confronting industry elites and peeling back the layers of a well-pruned conspiracy. The deeper she digs the more tangled things become-especially when the trail leads to someone she once trusted. And when the police arrive they aren't there to give her a commendation.</p><p>Good thing Dana's not just a florist anymore.</p><p>In a race to clear her friend's name and expose the truth Dana must outwit a killer hiding in plain sight-and decide whether she's ready to trade petunias for police work... permanently.</p><p><strong>Witty atmospheric and sharply observant this Canadian cozy mystery will charm fans of </strong><em><strong>Murder She Wrote</strong></em><strong> and Louise Penny.</strong></p>