A flower shop, a festival and a fatal secret. When florist Iris Bennett agrees to judge the Spring Festival’s flower competition, she expects bright blooms and community cheer—not to find local businessman Howard Larrabee dead, sprawled beneath his beloved hyacinths. As whispers coil through Cedar Grove’s cobbled streets, Iris’s instincts—and her one-eyed cat, Winston—lead her into a thorny maze of lies, blackmail, and betrayals that run deeper than the town’s tulip beds. With Detective Mark Cooper at her side, and danger creeping closer, Iris must follow a trail of botanical clues, a stolen ledger, and long-buried grudges… before the killer silences her too. But when a second attack rocks the town, Iris realizes this wasn’t just a crime of passion—it was a cover-up. And someone will do anything to keep their secrets buried.