The Ballad of Screech and Friday
(2026)(The ninth book in the Piney Falls Mystery series)
A novel by Joann Keder
When family secrets and karaoke collide, it’s murder on (and off) the mic
Pepper Plantz has spent her strange, sheltered life longing for one forbidden thing: a connection to the brother and sister she’s never met. But when she's suddenly cast out of her family's bizarre greenhouse empire and into a world of glittering lies and mysterious serums, her search for belonging takes a perilous turn.
Meanwhile, lifestyle maven November Bean—a woman of order, monochrome outfits, and meticulously scheduled self-care—finds her life turned upside down by the arrival of a frizzy-haired girl in polka-dots, barefoot optimism, and an alarming number of questions.
As worlds collide—glamour meets grit, polka-dots meet purple jumpsuits—, November, and her bestie, Lanie Anders-Hill must band together to solve a mystery that’s as tangled as an overgrown tomato vine.
The Ballad of Screech and Friday is a warm, witty cozy mystery about unlikely friendships, long-lost family, and learning to bloom exactly where you were never planted.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Pepper Plantz has spent her strange, sheltered life longing for one forbidden thing: a connection to the brother and sister she’s never met. But when she's suddenly cast out of her family's bizarre greenhouse empire and into a world of glittering lies and mysterious serums, her search for belonging takes a perilous turn.
Meanwhile, lifestyle maven November Bean—a woman of order, monochrome outfits, and meticulously scheduled self-care—finds her life turned upside down by the arrival of a frizzy-haired girl in polka-dots, barefoot optimism, and an alarming number of questions.
As worlds collide—glamour meets grit, polka-dots meet purple jumpsuits—, November, and her bestie, Lanie Anders-Hill must band together to solve a mystery that’s as tangled as an overgrown tomato vine.
The Ballad of Screech and Friday is a warm, witty cozy mystery about unlikely friendships, long-lost family, and learning to bloom exactly where you were never planted.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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