Murder at the Harvest Inn
(2026)(The fifth book in the Stoney Ridge Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Kaylynn Smith
Cider on the air.
Secrets beneath the leaves.
A harvest night that changes everything.
Autumn in Stoney Ridge means apple fritters, golden leaves, and a Harvest Festival worth fussing over. Florist Shiloh Mercer expects her biggest headache to be getting paid for the centerpieces at the Golden Harvest Inn.
Then her dog, Shelby, stops cold beside the heritage garden.
Victor Marsh, the town’s overbearing Heritage Foundation chairman, is dead. Beside him lies an iron garden stake stamped POLLEN & PETALS.
Shiloh knows flowers. She also knows when something has been carefully arranged—and this crime scene points a little too neatly toward the people Victor wronged.
With her gossip-gathering best friend at her side and Detective Mike Rourke asking her to please stick to bouquets, Shiloh follows a trail of missing documents, family grievances, and a cottage someone wants cleared away. But every promising clue seems to accuse someone new.
Then a warning arrives at her own back door.
Someone has given Stoney Ridge a story to believe. Can Shiloh find the truth before she becomes the next victim?
Bonus recipe!
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Secrets beneath the leaves.
A harvest night that changes everything.
Autumn in Stoney Ridge means apple fritters, golden leaves, and a Harvest Festival worth fussing over. Florist Shiloh Mercer expects her biggest headache to be getting paid for the centerpieces at the Golden Harvest Inn.
Then her dog, Shelby, stops cold beside the heritage garden.
Victor Marsh, the town’s overbearing Heritage Foundation chairman, is dead. Beside him lies an iron garden stake stamped POLLEN & PETALS.
Shiloh knows flowers. She also knows when something has been carefully arranged—and this crime scene points a little too neatly toward the people Victor wronged.
With her gossip-gathering best friend at her side and Detective Mike Rourke asking her to please stick to bouquets, Shiloh follows a trail of missing documents, family grievances, and a cottage someone wants cleared away. But every promising clue seems to accuse someone new.
Then a warning arrives at her own back door.
Someone has given Stoney Ridge a story to believe. Can Shiloh find the truth before she becomes the next victim?
Bonus recipe!
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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