It's harvest time in the small town of Granford
Massachussetts, and it's the busy season for apple
orchard owner Meg Corey and her Jamaican apple-pickers.
The small town is also slowly being beautified, and Meg's
friend Gail, director of the Historical Society, wants
the Society's building to be enlarged, which must be done
underneath; they will need to excavate. Meg's fiancé,
Seth Chapin has a construction business and is involved
in the renovations. The gubernatorial candidate's nephew,
Jeffrey Green, will be watching the excavation work to
merit his Boy Scout archaeological badge. The excavation
work has barely started when Jeffrey notices something,
which turns out to be part of a human skull. Although the
bones seem to be quite ancient, the excavation site has
become a crime scene. It makes the news for a very short
while however because not long after, Jeffrey finds the
body of an unknown African-American man who has been
murdered, and Jeffrey has blood on his hands.
PICKED TO DIE is the eighth book in the An Orchard
Mystery series, and even if you have not read the
previous instalments, you will have no problems keeping
up with the ongoing stories and characters, as Ms.
Connolly subtly recaps everything. The author's
descriptions are so vivid and informative that I felt I
was right there in Granford, that I knew the place, the
people; that I belonged to their community.
PICKED TO DIE
is a very well-written cozy mystery, the pace of the
story matches that of a small town, and the character
development is exceptionally thorough, and even though
there are numerous characters, it's never confusing.
PICKED TO DIE is a fun, quick, easy read, with enough
plot twists to keep you on your toes until the last
pages. And there is the added bonus of a few scrumptious
recipes at the end!
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…
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