Abby visits her daughter at law school on the way to deliver black roses to one of her toughest professors. Walking in to the building she runs in to one of her former court adversaries and they exchange words on the way in to the building. Abby has a not so pleasant exchange with her daughter's professor, who not only throws away the black roses but turns out to be a big tool! In the parking lot after she has a phone call with Marco, she decides to go back in and rescue her flowers from the trash. Once back in the professors office...she finds her former adversary dead, stabbed in the neck with the other professor's pencil.
Abby may not have liked her adversary...but no amount of convincing from Marco is going to prevent her from digging in to this case.
Our meddling coffee drinking Abby jumps in to this case with both feet even while the reporters are circling thanks to an unfortunate accident putting her fingerprints on the murder weapon, making Abby the number one suspect.
"Why kill someone with your own pencil in your own chair."-Nikki
"Find clues, facts, suspects without being seen...ok a stakeout."-Abby
Professors Barnes and Howell did not agree or get along, but in-spite that, Professor Barnes gives quite the eulogy at Howell's memorial. At the memorial, professor Barnes' wife kind of hits on Marco...adding her to the list of suspicious suspects.
"Come on Abby, I'm a pretty interesting guy."-Marco
The anonymous black roses...are an interesting touch and an interesting clue in this case of the murdered law professor.
This is the second entry in the Flower Shop Mysteries and once again Brennan Elliot and Beau Bridges put in another great performance.
When your dad has to come over with a drink and the paper and insists on staying while you read it...well, you know that isn't a good sign.
(Side note: Abby's flower shop is finally starting to look like a flower shop.)
Still not my favorite in the hallmark mystery series vault...but some good acting, funny lines...and generally a decent mystery.
