The end of winter brings a bouquet of murder.

Recently retired Houston Detective Sergeant PC Donovan is still in Possumwood, Texas, taking care of her mama and her collection of rescue critters. It seems like this small town has started taking a crime cue from the big city, keeping PC on her toes in this third installment of the Possumwood Mysteries.

Even as spring brings new life, death flowers in Possumwood.

PC and her mother explore the annual Azalea Trail Tour of Historical Homes on opening weekend. The detective is eager to see her friend, Drew, dressed in Regency elegance at his historic home open house. Everything is rosy, until an awful odor leads to a tragic discovery. Can she and her dog, Cordite, sniff out the real killer before an innocent man goes to prison?