Sugar Shack Slaying
(2025)(The second book in the Lucy Blackstone Mystery series)
A Story by Maisy Marple and Wendy Winchester
In Brentwood Falls, someone has turned maple syrup into a recipe for murder.
When beloved maple syrup producer Otis McBride is found dead during the town's annual Maple Festival, everyone assumes it was a tragic accident. Everyone except Lucy Blackstone, that is. The town librarian and reluctant amateur sleuth can't help but notice that Otis—a meticulous craftsman who'd been making syrup for decades—was unlikely to make a fatal mistake in his process.
As Lucy begins asking questions, she discovers that Otis had recently uncovered troubling evidence of syrup tampering. Was it his rival Silas Boone, desperate to win the festival's blue ribbon after years in second place? His recently fired assistant Gus Wheeler? Or perhaps Amos Calloway, the smooth-talking businessman whose gift baskets featured "authentic" maple syrup that might not be so authentic after all?
With the festival in disarray and Sheriff Hank Pritchard warning her to stay out of police business, Lucy sets an ingenious trap to draw out the killer. But catching a murderer proves to be a sticky situation, and Lucy might find herself in over her head.
Full of small-town charm, delicious maple treats, and twisty surprises, this second Lucy Blackstone mystery proves that in Brentwood Falls, death can be just as sweet as maple syrup—and twice as deadly.
Genre: Mystery
When beloved maple syrup producer Otis McBride is found dead during the town's annual Maple Festival, everyone assumes it was a tragic accident. Everyone except Lucy Blackstone, that is. The town librarian and reluctant amateur sleuth can't help but notice that Otis—a meticulous craftsman who'd been making syrup for decades—was unlikely to make a fatal mistake in his process.
As Lucy begins asking questions, she discovers that Otis had recently uncovered troubling evidence of syrup tampering. Was it his rival Silas Boone, desperate to win the festival's blue ribbon after years in second place? His recently fired assistant Gus Wheeler? Or perhaps Amos Calloway, the smooth-talking businessman whose gift baskets featured "authentic" maple syrup that might not be so authentic after all?
With the festival in disarray and Sheriff Hank Pritchard warning her to stay out of police business, Lucy sets an ingenious trap to draw out the killer. But catching a murderer proves to be a sticky situation, and Lucy might find herself in over her head.
Full of small-town charm, delicious maple treats, and twisty surprises, this second Lucy Blackstone mystery proves that in Brentwood Falls, death can be just as sweet as maple syrup—and twice as deadly.
Genre: Mystery
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