by Candy Holliday
Blueberry Farmer and Amateur Detective as told to B.B.
Haywood, author of TOWN IN A
CINNAMON TOAST, available everywhere on Feb. 2, 2016
Candy Holliday, I tell myself, you should know better. But here I go again!
I know I promised more than a few people (including our local police chief,
Darryl Durr) that I would stay out of trouble and stop playing detective. It’s
just that one of the most important events of the year is going to happen in
three days, and there’s trouble in the air, thanks to a missing best man and a
misguided bottle of champagne!
You see, my best friend and sidekick, Maggie Tremont, and our local German
baker, Georg Wolfsburger (commonly known as Herr Georg) are getting
married—right here at Blueberry Acres, the blueberry farm I run with my dad,
Henry “Doc” Holliday. Our farm is located on the outskirts of the seaside
village of Cape Willington in Down East Maine, and we’re in the process of
getting it ready for the wedding—tidying up, setting up a reception tent, that
sort of thing.
But we’ve run into a fatal snag. When Herr Georg’s best man, local historian
Julius Seabury, fails to show up for the wedding rehearsal dinner, I have to go
out looking for him. Unfortunately, when I find him, he’s lying face-down in the
historical archives upstairs at the English Point Lighthouse and Museum. Much to
my horror and surprise, he’s dead! Worse, he may or may not have been murdered,
and the murder weapon may or may not be a bottle of champagne lying next to the
body.
But here’s where it gets really crazy. The bottle of champagne found next to
Julius’s body was ordered especially for their upcoming wedding by Herr Georg
himself! That unleashes all kinds of questions. How did it get there? What was
Julius doing up in those archives? Is Herr Georg himself involved in Julius’s
death? And, most important, what will it mean for the upcoming wedding? No
wonder a certain blueberry farmer finds it hard to sit back and do nothing!
I’ve vowed that I will not let anything or anyone stop my best friend’s wedding
from taking place as planned. Julius wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. I am
so certain he knew something was going to happen to him. I’m also certain
he left clues in some of the books upstairs in the archives, which was one of
Julius’s favorite places—possibly in the old books about the history of the
village’s founding families. If you know anything about our village, you know
that includes the Sykes and the Pruitt families, who have had an ongoing feud
for a century and a half. You can guess how well things will go when those two
families are involved!
So now I’ll have to go back to the historical society’s archives to snoop around
a little. And yes, I’m terrified of being caught, since that place is off limits
due to Julius’s death. But Maggie’s happiness is at stake, and the risk is worth it.
While I’m off snooping and questioning certain residents of Cape Willington, the
barn at Blueberry Acres is being transformed into a wedding wonderland by Ralph
Henry and Malcolm Randolph Stevens, owners of the Bird’s Nest Garden and Flower
shop on Main Street. Their talent for decorating cannot be matched. Just wait
’til you see the place!
In just three day’s time, Maggie and Herr Georg will have the wedding of their
dreams, with all of their friends and relatives celebrating with them at the
farm. I just have a few things to solve before then, so for better or for worse,
in fear or in bravery, here I go!
NOTE: TOWN IN A
CINNAMON TOAST was published on Feb. 2, 2016, by Berkley Prime Crime, and
available in both print and as an ebook. Other titles in the New York
Times bestselling series include TOWN IN A SWEET PICKLE, TOWN IN A STRAWBERRY SWIRL,
TOWN IN A PUMPKIN BASH,
TOWN IN A WILD MOOSE
CHASE, TOWN IN A LOBSTER
STEW, and TOWN IN A
BLUEBERRY JAM. Large print editions of the books and an audiobook of TOWN IN A BLUEBERRY JAM are
also available. For more information on the series, visit.
B. B. Haywood is a pseudonym of writing team Beth Feeman and Robert Feeman.
They conceived the idea for the Candy Holliday mysteries while driving around
the Maine countryside, stopping at different small towns throughout the state.
The author of TOWN IN A SWEET PICKLE brings back Candy Holliday, a blueberry
farmer with a green thumb for sleuthing...
The much-anticipated wedding of
local resident Maggie Tremont and popular baker Herr Georg has stirred up the
usually quiet coastal town of Cape Willington. To make sure the wedding of the
year goes off without a hitch, the participants gather at a pre-wedding
dinner—everyone, that is, except the best man...
Worried, Candy, the maid
of honor, goes looking for him, finally tracking him down to the upstairs
archive rooms at the English Point Lighthouse and Museum. There’s only one
problem: he’s dead, struck over the head with a bottle of champagne, the same
exclusive brand that was ordered for the dinner. Before the wedding plans fall
flat, Candy rushes to find the murderer, unearthing a conspiracy that could
spill over into the whole town...
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