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In the picturesque town of Crimson Ridge, renowned apple cultivator Sylvia Bennett's preparation for the town's prestigious Apple Blossom Festival takes a chilling turn when local newspaper editor Walter Michaels is found frozen to death inside her orchard's cold storage unit. With her prized Golden Russet apple clutched in his lifeless hand and the festival's opening just days away, Sylvia finds herself at the center of a murder investigation that threatens both her family legacy and the town's beloved tradition. Determined to clear her name, Sylvia teams up with her best friend and local bakery owner Jack Porter to uncover the truth.
As Sylvia and Jack navigate the close-knit world of competitive apple growing, they discover Walter had been researching the festival's fifty-year history and asking uncomfortable questions about apple varieties that supposedly originated in Crimson Ridge. Their amateur sleuthing reveals a web of long-held secrets, rivalries, and competitive tensions simmering beneath the town's wholesome surface. With the festival proceeding under a cloud of suspicion, Sylvia receives an anonymous threat suggesting she'll be the next to be "put on ice" if she doesn't stop asking questions about certain prized apple varieties.
From award-winning orchards to blue-ribbon apple pies, the stakes in Crimson Ridge's agricultural community have never been higher. This charming, dialogue-rich cozy mystery blends small-town intrigue with horticultural fascination as Sylvia races to identify the killer before the festival ends—or before she becomes the next victim of someone willing to kill to protect their orchard's most treasured secret.
Genre: Mystery
As Sylvia and Jack navigate the close-knit world of competitive apple growing, they discover Walter had been researching the festival's fifty-year history and asking uncomfortable questions about apple varieties that supposedly originated in Crimson Ridge. Their amateur sleuthing reveals a web of long-held secrets, rivalries, and competitive tensions simmering beneath the town's wholesome surface. With the festival proceeding under a cloud of suspicion, Sylvia receives an anonymous threat suggesting she'll be the next to be "put on ice" if she doesn't stop asking questions about certain prized apple varieties.
From award-winning orchards to blue-ribbon apple pies, the stakes in Crimson Ridge's agricultural community have never been higher. This charming, dialogue-rich cozy mystery blends small-town intrigue with horticultural fascination as Sylvia races to identify the killer before the festival ends—or before she becomes the next victim of someone willing to kill to protect their orchard's most treasured secret.
Genre: Mystery
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