Apple Cider Slaying

Apples are at the core of the family business run by Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe. But this year’s crop is unseasonably ripe with murder . . .

ONE ROTTEN APPLE

Blossom Valley, West Virginia, is home to Smythe Orchards, Winnie and her Granny’s beloved twenty-five-acre farm and family business. But any way you slice it, it’s struggling. That’s why they’re trying to drum up business with the “First Annual Christmas at the Orchard,” a good old-fashioned holiday festival with enough delicious draw to satisfy apple-picking locals and cider-loving tourists alike—until the whole endeavor takes a sour turn when the body of Nadine Cooper, Granny’s 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 . . .Julie Anne Lindsey is an award-winning author of mystery and romantic suspense novels, including the Cider Shop Mysteries, the Beaumont Brothers Justice series, Not Quite By the Book, written as Julie Hatcher, and many more. A winner and double-finalist of the National Readers Choice Award, she is also a recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award, the Maggie Award, and the Golden Quill Award. She is an active member of Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Independent Book Publishers Association, Midwest Book Publishers Association, Mystery Writers of America, Women’s Fiction Writing Association, and Novelists Inc. A regular speaker at writers’ conferences, libraries, and book clubs, she lives in northern Ohio and can be found online at JulieAnneLindsey.com.