Flower Child (Nature Station Mystery #4) by Jannifer Powelson

Snow falling at the Nature Station means the wildflowers have retreated undercover for the winter. Kristen Matthews goes undercover as well, after a body is discovered on her property. Trying to catch the killer before the joy and peace of the holiday season are shattered further, will Kristen be able to solve the mystery before more lives are shattered–including her own?

Taking a break from holiday event planning at the Nature Station, Kristen Matthews and her friend, co-worker, and bride-to-be, Hope Johnson, travel to Chicago to select Hope’s wedding dress. Eating lunch at their favorite restaurant before they shop, they encounter a mysterious woman, dressed in retro sixties garb, only to run into her again–at the train station near their hometown of Eklund. Who is this woman, and what is she doing in Eklund? These questions become even more important when the woman is found dead–after a party held at the Nature Station’s Red Barn. Dubbing the woman Flower Child, Kristen and her friends work to uncover the woman’s true identity in an attempt to flush the killer out of the woods. Will they be successful and help convict the murderer?