Peppermint Poison
(2026)(The third book in the Apothecary Shop Mysteries series)
A novel by Kristy Tate
'Tis the season for carols, cocoa, and cold-blooded murder.
When apothecary owner Amelia's former piano teacher turns up dead, the sheriff calls it an accident. Amelia calls it nonsense — not with a missing diffuser and a scent that doesn't add up. Now she and her sister Cora are playing detective between holiday market shifts, and the suspect list is growing faster than the mistletoe.
Complicating matters: charismatic developer Rick Andres wants to drag Blue Heron Bay into the modern age, and half the town wants his head on a stake — while the other half, including Amelia, can't quite look away. Add a long-simmering thing with her steady, sweet Brandt, a family estate hanging by a thread, and secrets buried deeper than the fruitcake recipe, and Amelia's got more on her plate than gingerbread.
She'd better find the killer before the killer decides she's asked one too many questions — and before the mistletoe forces her hand.
Peppermint Poison: herbal remedies, holiday chaos, and a killer with impeccably bad timing.
Genre: Mystery
When apothecary owner Amelia's former piano teacher turns up dead, the sheriff calls it an accident. Amelia calls it nonsense — not with a missing diffuser and a scent that doesn't add up. Now she and her sister Cora are playing detective between holiday market shifts, and the suspect list is growing faster than the mistletoe.
Complicating matters: charismatic developer Rick Andres wants to drag Blue Heron Bay into the modern age, and half the town wants his head on a stake — while the other half, including Amelia, can't quite look away. Add a long-simmering thing with her steady, sweet Brandt, a family estate hanging by a thread, and secrets buried deeper than the fruitcake recipe, and Amelia's got more on her plate than gingerbread.
She'd better find the killer before the killer decides she's asked one too many questions — and before the mistletoe forces her hand.
Peppermint Poison: herbal remedies, holiday chaos, and a killer with impeccably bad timing.
Genre: Mystery
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