Harvest, Heart or Homicide
(2026)(The fifth book in the Ancient Witch Trio Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by C L McCormick
A poisoned pot of honey.
A market full of secrets.
And a killer who isn't finished testing.
Harvest-time has come to New Harmony. Green-witch Chloe Blackwood is ready for pumpkin spice, cooling nights, and a quiet fall season.
That is, until New Harmony's prickliest vendor drops dead at his own preserves stall. But her psychic cat Splotch won't stop circling his honey.
And, Melody, her twelve-year old apprentice, has developed a talent for discovering "wrongness."
Splotch and Melody discover the unfamiliar poison all over the market.
So, with her team and her earnest, blundering doodle Pillow underfoot, Chloe must investigate further.
Both a cheated rival vendor and an estranged nephew, waiting on an inheritance, had reason to want Gerry Whitfield gone.
But no one seems to be settling a score. Instead, someone is experimenting — and Chloe's questions have started drawing dangerous attention.
When a "gift" arrives at her own counter, she realizes the killer already knows exactly who's closing in. New Harmony's next harvest may be the last one Chloe lives to see.
Genre: Mystery
A market full of secrets.
And a killer who isn't finished testing.
Harvest-time has come to New Harmony. Green-witch Chloe Blackwood is ready for pumpkin spice, cooling nights, and a quiet fall season.
That is, until New Harmony's prickliest vendor drops dead at his own preserves stall. But her psychic cat Splotch won't stop circling his honey.
And, Melody, her twelve-year old apprentice, has developed a talent for discovering "wrongness."
Splotch and Melody discover the unfamiliar poison all over the market.
So, with her team and her earnest, blundering doodle Pillow underfoot, Chloe must investigate further.
Both a cheated rival vendor and an estranged nephew, waiting on an inheritance, had reason to want Gerry Whitfield gone.
But no one seems to be settling a score. Instead, someone is experimenting — and Chloe's questions have started drawing dangerous attention.
When a "gift" arrives at her own counter, she realizes the killer already knows exactly who's closing in. New Harmony's next harvest may be the last one Chloe lives to see.
Genre: Mystery
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