APPLE CIDER SLAYING

TITLE: APPLE CIDER SLAYING

PUB: KENSINGTON BOOKS

PUB DATE: 10/29/2019

SYNOPSIS:

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 . . .

Includes Recipes!

THOUGHTS/REVIEW:

Apple Cider Slaying is the first book in a new series, A Cider Shop Mystery, written by Julie Anne Lindsey. Who loves apple cider? Me!! Well, Winnie Montgomery’s passion is creating these fabulous homemade apple ciders and sold at her Granny Smythe’s Orchard in the gorgeous Blossom Valley, West Virginia. Ready to start a new life, and a goal of turning around the family business, after being dumped by her fiancée, she asks for a bank loan. During the inspection a neighbor’s dead body turns up and poor Winnie thinks her chances of a loan is shot. Unless…she helps solve the murder for another shot at an inspection by Mr. Sherman, the banker for the loan. With the bank and the sheriff investigating the murder and Winnie as one of the suspects. How is she going to get out of this precarious situation?

If you love cozy mysteries then this one is not to be missed. I loved the writing and the awesome fast pacing of the book. There is a bit of a background story which is awesome to learn about the characters and is already making me look forward to the next installation. The twist and turns kept me guessing and I loved it.

Bonus recipes are provided for this delicious read. I highly recommend this amazing read!! So, grab a warm cider and enjoy this fun and cozy mystery read.



AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:

Julie Anne Lindsey is an award-winning and national bestselling author whose bookish heart was once torn between the love of her two favorite genres: toe-curling romance and chew-her-nails suspense. Now, she gets to write both, and she's loving every minute. She’s published more than thirty novels since her debut in 2013 and currently writes series as herself, as well as under multiple pen names, for Harlequin, Kensington, Sourcebooks and Crooked Lane Books. When she's not creating new worlds and fostering the epic love of fictional characters, Julie can be found carpooling her three kids around Northeastern Ohio and plotting with her shamelessly enabling friends. Julie is represented by Jill Marsal at the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency and is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America. She is the 2019 Director of PAN for RWA’s Kiss of Death chapter. Learn more about Julie at julieannelindsey.com