Amelia Montgomery never expected her quiet visit to the Jennings home to turn deadly. But when Nora Jennings collapses during tea and later dies, whispers of poisoning spread like wildfire. With a garden full of dangerous plants and a community brimming with secrets, Amelia is drawn into a tangled web of rivalries, deception, and betrayal.
As Amelia and her partner Ethan Reynolds peel back the layers of Nora's life, they discover that everyone—from a disgruntled business partner to a neighbor with a grudge—had a motive. But the truth may lie in Nora's own research, where a single toxic bloom could mean the difference between life and death.
With the vineyard's reputation at stake and a killer still at large, Amelia must follow the clues before the next cup of tea is her last.