Okra My Dead Body
(2026)(The fifth book in the Ruby Hartwell Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Pamela Gunn
The okra is fried. The gossip is fresh. And the queen is dead.
Ruby Hartwell knows what to expect at Pinewood’s annual celebration of all things okra: triple-digit heat, fried food on sticks, and plenty of small-town drama. What she’s not expecting is to watch the new Legacy Okra Queen, Dixie Boudreaux, drop dead during the ribbon-cutting.
Everyone calls it a tragic accident. Ruby has questions.
Unfortunately, asking questions in Pinewood is a dangerous hobby—especially when half the town has opinions, and the other half has something they’d rather not discuss.
Dixie didn’t leave behind a shortage of suspects either. There’s long-suffering cousin Loretta, who spent a lifetime in Dixie’s shadow. And Priscilla Mayfield, who lost the Okra Queen crown to Dixie decades ago in a decision Pinewood is still arguing about.
With nosy best friend JoLee helping, Sheriff Grayson Boone telling her to mind her business, and Moxie the shaggy mutt getting his nose into everything, Ruby starts digging.
And Pinewood has plenty buried.
But someone came to the Okra Festival prepared for more than funnel cakes and fried vegetables. And they aren’t about to let Ruby dig up the truth without a fight.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Ruby Hartwell knows what to expect at Pinewood’s annual celebration of all things okra: triple-digit heat, fried food on sticks, and plenty of small-town drama. What she’s not expecting is to watch the new Legacy Okra Queen, Dixie Boudreaux, drop dead during the ribbon-cutting.
Everyone calls it a tragic accident. Ruby has questions.
Unfortunately, asking questions in Pinewood is a dangerous hobby—especially when half the town has opinions, and the other half has something they’d rather not discuss.
Dixie didn’t leave behind a shortage of suspects either. There’s long-suffering cousin Loretta, who spent a lifetime in Dixie’s shadow. And Priscilla Mayfield, who lost the Okra Queen crown to Dixie decades ago in a decision Pinewood is still arguing about.
With nosy best friend JoLee helping, Sheriff Grayson Boone telling her to mind her business, and Moxie the shaggy mutt getting his nose into everything, Ruby starts digging.
And Pinewood has plenty buried.
But someone came to the Okra Festival prepared for more than funnel cakes and fried vegetables. And they aren’t about to let Ruby dig up the truth without a fight.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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