One Bad Apple
There’s a killer in the orchard— and he’s rotten to the core. 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...
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There’s a killer in the orchard— and he’s rotten to the core.
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.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425223048 (0425223043)
ASIN: 425223043
Publish date: 05-08-2008
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Pages no: 262
Edition language: English
Series: Orchard Mystery (#1)
Book 1 of the Orchard Mystery series has Meg moving to Massachusetts to remodel and sell her mother's aunts' home after she loses her job and boyfriend. Her ex-boyfriend comes knocking on her door with an offer to have her putting a good word in for him with the citizens of the town where he wants ...
I happened to be browsing in my Kindle the other day and saw a description of this novel. I downloaded a sample and over a rainy weekend proceeded to read up to book three in this wonderful series. I have never heard of Sheila Connolly before but am definitely looking forward to reading her other se...
I must say that this little cozy mystery shocked me! It really didn't read like a cozy at all with excellent character development and no "sticky sweet" scenes that just make me roll my eyes. I had to read this for a challenge and I went into it with a bit of trepidation and came out smiling. On a b...
2nd Meg Corey adventure set in MA near Amhurst centering around an apple orchard. This time Meg finds a grad student from nearby Amhurst College dead in her Springhouse. This particular student was a believer in organic food no pesticides. Good solid mystery, if somewhat predictably. Interesting...
Not bad for a first effort. The body in the septic tank was a nice twist. I'll try another!