Berkley
Featuring: Julia von Fleming; Candy Holliday
336 pages ISBN: 0425252639 EAN: 9780425252635 Kindle: 0425252639 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Candy Holliday has put together a cooking event being
sponsored by the newspaper she edits. When her Mistress
of Ceremonies doesn't show up, Candy has to keep the
event going. She finds a jar of pickles which are
labeled with a store's name. She hides the jar away but
someone finds it and steals some of the pickles. When
Ned dies, Candy just manages to stop the judges from
sampling them. Ned was an old friend of her father's and
this death strikes close to home.
Candy learns that Wanda was at the hospital getting her
stomach pumped because someone left a jar of the same
pickles out for her to pick up. Next an elderly lady is
found dead after eating the pickles from a jar left in
her mail box.
Candy is drawn into another murder investigation as she
also learns about the history of the Sweet Pickle Deli.
The pickles were famous around the area. The owner of
the deli was universally disliked.
For several books, the author has hinted at a conspiracy
which revolves around this small Maine community. In
TOWN IN A SWEET PICKLE, the conspiracy is coming out into
the open. The main focus of this book is the cruelty of
the poisoner and the events that lead up to the deaths.
Exposing a tangled web of blackmail, a thieving villain
and a desire for revenge, will put Candy in danger.
While I've loved this series from the start, I'm glad to
see the possibility of a conspiracy is beginning to be
exposed. B. B. Haywood has constructed another mystery
which involves the reader's emotion as Candy investigates
the clues that will lead her to identify the killer.
In the quiet coastal community of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday is a local farmer who dutifully tends to her blueberry fields— and steps in to solve the occasional murder . . . When Candy organizes a cooking event for her local newspaper, the town’s most prominent citizens turn out to witness the popular cookbook author Julia von Fleming serve as a guest judge. But when Julia comes close to consuming a poisoned pickle, she begins to suspect someone in Cape Willington is trying to kill her—and Candy is completely jarred to be among the suspects. But the first taste was just a sample, and soon more jars of poisoned pickles begin to pop up around town. In the face of a pickled poisoning spree, Candy will have to track down the culprit to make sure her own name stays well- preserved. Along the way, she’ll pull the lid off a briny barrel of blackmail, thievery, and revenge that’s been souring their seaside hometown for years…
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