Picked to Die

Zusatztext “A wonderful series…Connolly never disappoints.”— Debbie’s Book Blog Praise for the Orchard Mysteries   “One crisp! delicious read.”—Claudia Bishop   “Delightful…If you like your mystery filled with the crunch of a juicy apple! then you should be reading this book.”— MyShelf.com Informationen zum Autor Sheila Connolly is the New York Times bestselling, Anthony and Agatha award–nominated author of the Orchard Mysteries, the Museum Mysteries, and the County Cork Mysteries. She has taught art history, structured and marketed municipal bonds for major cities, worked as a staff member on two statewide political campaigns, and served as a fundraiser for several nonprofit organizations. She also managed her own consulting company, providing genealogical research services. In addition to genealogy, Sheila loves restoring old houses, visiting cemeteries, and traveling. Now a full-time writer, she thinks writing mysteries is a lot more fun than any of her previous occupations. She is married and has one daughter and two cats. Klappentext The new Orchard Mystery--from the New York Times bestselling author of Golden Malicious and Scandal in Skibbereen A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT It's harvest time in Granford! Massachusetts! and orchard owner Meg Corey and her fiancé! Seth! are both racing to beat the New England winter. Meg is bringing in her apple crop with a team of workers! while Seth is working to restore an old building in the center of town. But when his project is set back due to the unexpected discovery of a skeleton under the building—and even worse! a young man related to one of Meg's former apple pickers is found dead behind the local feed store—the couple's carefully laid plans are quickly spoiled... Meg can't help but wonder: are they just unlucky! or is there something rotten in Granford? If so! she knows she's got to seek out the bad apple before it ruins the whole bunch... Includes Delicious Recipes Acknowledgments 1 “This whole town has gone crazy,” Seth Chapin said as he dropped heavily into a chair across the kitchen table from Meg Corey. Meg looked at her fiancé in confusion. “Fiancé”: such an odd, somehow old-fashioned word. She kept forgetting that they were now officially “engaged” in the eyes of the world. Well, the small world of Granford, Massachusetts, at least—it wasn’t like she was announcing it in the Boston Globe . She didn’t feel like a fiancée, which she’d always thought was an equally silly word. They hadn’t gotten any closer to setting a date. They hadn’t discussed where or when or how. They hadn’t even worked out where they’d live, though currently Seth was spending most of his time at her house, which made sense, since his office and storage space were in her barn. On the other hand, Meg also had her housemate to consider—Briona Stewart, who was also Meg’s orchard manager, and indispensable to keeping the apple orchard running. Given how little Meg could afford to pay, the position came with a free room, and she couldn’t just toss Bree out into the local student-driven housing scene. There were many things Meg and Seth needed to talk about, maybe when they were less busy and exhausted—she with the apple harvest, Seth with his fast-growing renovation business. Not the best time to make happy plans. “What are you talking about?” Meg asked now. “Did I miss something? What’s going crazy?” “Everyone in town wants to tear things down and put things up, all at once.” Seth sighed. “You have anything cold to drink?” “Of course. Water, iced tea, even some sports drink, if you want electrolytes.” After a recent brush with heat exhaustion, Meg had been scrupulous about keeping plenty of liquids on hand. Since it was harvest season, she was also always reminding her pickers up in the orchard to stay hydrated, too. Se...

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Connolly
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.10.2014
• EAN: 9780425257111
• ISBN: 978-0-425-25711-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 169 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Orchard Mystery; An Orchard Mystery; An Orchard Mystery; Orchard Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense