One Bad Apple

Book 1 of the Orchard series

There's a killer in the orchard, and he's rotten to the core.

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Meg Corey has come to the quaint New England town of Granford, Massachusetts, to sell her mother's old colonial home and apple orchard. Instead, she becomes embroiled in development plans that include her land, and her former flame from Boston. When he's found dead in the new septic tank on her property, the police immediately suspect Meg, whose only ally in town is the plumber Seth Chapin. Together, they'll have to peel back the layers of secrecy that surround the deal in order to find the real murderer, and save the orchard.

Genre
cozy mysterymysterycrimedetectiveromance
Themes
foodmurderwomendetective
Setting
2000smassachusettsnew england
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 262 pages

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