James Lavene

Meet Peggy Lee: botanist, detective's widow, and owner of The Potting Shed, an urban gardener's paradise in downtown Charlotte. Mild winters keep the store thriving all year round, but at least one person in the city has colder intentions.

"When her boyfriend Kevin's ex-fiancée Ann arrives in Duck looking for a second chance, Dae suddenly finds herself facing certain heartache. And while her romantic life is in shambles, she's even more concerned by the sudden change in her gift. After touching a medallion owned by a local named Chuck Sparks, Dae is shocked when her vision reveals his murder--and a cry for help"--P. [4] of cover.

At her glass-blowing apprenticeship, Renaissance reveler Jessie Morton's crabby boss and his creepy nephew are causing her problems. But when the man playing the Grim Reaper is killed, Jess has to find the lady, lord or serf whodunit.

Dae O'Donnell, the mayor of Duck, North Carolina, has a talent for finding lost things, and when the town matriarch asks her to find her missing watch, Dae is unwittingly drawn into a murder investigation, which she must help solve before time runs out.

The second novel in the Missing Pieces Mystery series. The mayor of Duck, North Carolina, Dae O'Donnell is a woman with a gift for finding lost things. Sometimes it leads her to to find lost keys or earrings--and sometimes it leads her to investigate a murder.