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 . . .
Wow! what a great start to what I hope will be a decent length series, Ms Lindsey has the pick of the crop with this book!
Three years ago Winnie's beloved Grandpa Smythe died leaving Winnie working at the local diner and working towards a business degree, and her Granny Smythe running the apple and fruit orchard she and Grampy bought when they were first married, recently Granny has realised that she has no financial ideas (Grampy did all that) and she has come to Winnie to help sort things out, Winnie has the idea of staying open longer than Thanksgiving for various festival ideas and also, if she can get the local bank on board, a cider house that would be a small function area.
All of these ideas come crashing down when the bank manager comes to see what she has planned and the two of them find a dead body in the apple press! That would be bad enough but the body belongs to a neighbour that Granny Smythe has frequent run ins with, and so the new Sheriff is looking a Granny as murderer #1 now Winnie is determined to show that her Granny is no killer, but in doing so puts both herself and her Granny in a killer's sights.
An Interview With A Character
What is your full name?
My name is Winona Mae Montgomery.
What is your Profession?
I’m a waitress and student at the local community college. I study business and hope to open a cider shop in the historic Mail Pouch barn on my Granny Smythe’s apple orchard.
What is your current favourite book or movie?
My favorite movie is The Princess Bride. Grampy read the book to me when I was young, and bought me the movie when I was in middle school. We used to watch with Granny, eating popcorn and seeing who knew the most lines. I usually won, but I think he might’ve let me.
What is your go to comfort book or movie?
Same book. Same reason. Grampy’s been gone four years now, and I miss him every single day.
If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book?
I like Jennifer Lawrence. She says what she wants and doesn’t worry about what folks think. She’s beautiful but doesn’t act like it, and she cracks me up. I bet she’s real sweet too.
What is your ideal evening?
My ideal evenings happen rather often, and they’re spent by the lake, under the stars. They always include good music, good food and great company. Sometimes the company is my best friend Dot. Sometimes it’s Granny. Sometimes is a whole mess of locals celebrating a birthday, a wedding or a harvest. I especially like when there’s a bonfire, and I always bring the cider!
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