A journalist has come to Poppyville, California, to write a feature on Ellie’s tiny house and the Enchanted Garden for a national design magazine. It could put the town on the map. But Poppyville develops a more ominous reputation—for murder—when the journalist is found dead in his hotel room.

Also in the hotel are Ellie’s brother and his girlfriend, Robin. They’re thinking of putting down roots in Poppyville, but when Robin becomes a suspect, she could find herself planted behind bars. So before everything goes to seed, Ellie must rely on her superior sense of smell to pick out the real killer from an ever-expanding bouquet of culprits…