Reviewed: 11 October 2023

Apple Cider Slaying

by: Julie Anne Lindsey

A Cider Shop Mystery - Book 1

Rating: (3.5/5)

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Winne is trying to save her family's apple orchard with a new store to sell their apple cider. Finding a dead body in the proposed space does not make for a great business proposal.

First time reading this author. Several details are cool like the classic cars and the family dynamic. I did figure out who early on though. There is some mystery around the sheriff which hopefully doesn’t drag on. Not liking the ex but that is probably on purpose.

Good start to the series.

Happy Reading!

Release Date: 29-October-2019

Cozy Mystery, Food Mystery, Female Sleuth

Plot Summary

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 . . .

“The characters are delightful . . . Plenty of action and suspense.”
—RT Book Reviews on Murder in Real Time

Includes Recipes!