Apples are at the core of the family business run by Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe. But this yearâs crop is unseasonably ripe with murder . . .
ONE ROTTEN APPLE Blossom Valley, West Virginia, is home to Smythe Orchards, Winnie and her Grannyâs beloved twenty-five-acre farm and family business. But any way you slice it, itâs struggling. Thatâs why theyâre trying to drum up business with the âFirst Annual Christmas at the Orchard,â a good old-fashioned holiday festival with enough delicious draw to satisfy apple-picking locals and cider-loving tourists alikeâuntil the whole endeavor takes a sour turn when the body of Nadine Cooper, Grannyâs long-time, grudge-holding nemesis, is found lodged in the apple press. Now, with Granny the number one suspect, Winnie is hard-pressed to prove her innocence before the real killer delivers another murder . . .
âThe characters are delightful . . . Plenty of action and suspense.â âRT Book Reviews on Murder in Real Time
Apples are at the core of the family business run by Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe. But this yearâs crop is unseasonably ripe with murder . . .
ONE ROTTEN APPLE Blossom Valley, West Virginia, is home to Smythe Orchards, Winnie and her Grannyâs beloved twenty-five-acre farm and family business. But any way you slice it, itâs struggling. Thatâs why theyâre trying to drum up business with the âFirst Annual Christmas at the Orchard,â a good old-fashioned holiday festival with enough delicious draw to satisfy apple-picking locals and cider-loving tourists alikeâuntil the whole endeavor takes a sour turn when the body of Nadine Cooper, Grannyâs long-time, grudge-holding nemesis, is found lodged in the apple press. Now, with Granny the number one suspect, Winnie is hard-pressed to prove her innocence before the real killer delivers another murder . . .
âThe characters are delightful . . . Plenty of action and suspense.â âRT Book Reviews on Murder in Real Time