Dastardly Deeds — Karin Kaufman

When Angie Palmer asks Kate to find out who's been stealing from her home, Kate accepts the challenge. After all, it's a simple matter of theft, nothing she can't handle, and Angie has conveniently assembled the suspects for tea and pastries in her greenhouse. But Kate's cut-and-dried investigation takes a deadly turn when one of the suspects is murdered during that tea.To complicate matters, Kate has agreed to help Minette rid her precious woods of the cruel Hacquetia and her fairy minions, and her best friend's husband is beginning to suspect that something extraordinary is happening in those Maine woods. Can he be trusted with a secret that will turn his world upside down?THE SMITHWELL FAIRIES COZY MYSTERY SERIES:• Book 1: Dying to Remember• Book 2: Dead and Buried• Book 3: Secret Santa Murder• Book 4: Drop Dead Cold• Book 5: Dastardly Deeds• Book 6: Counterfeit Corpse