Murder at the Pumpkin Patch
(2026)(The third book in the Tails of Maple Ridge series)
A novel by Ellie Webster
Fall has arrived in Maple Ridge, with pumpkin pies cooling on every counter, hayrides rumbling through the fields, and steady business at Tess Holloway’s Main Street bookstore, The Book Mark. With Cocoa at her side and the annual harvest festival in full swing, life feels just about perfect.
Until a body turns up in the pumpkin patch.
Farmer Len was a fixture in town, but now he’s been cut down in the middle of his own harvest. With suspects cropping up faster than pumpkins on a wagon, Tess finds herself pulled into another mystery she never asked for—and this one is far from a simple patch job.
As the clues begin to take shape, one detail refuses to be ignored—a missing prize pumpkin that no one can account for. Tess knows that even the smallest seed could be the key to digging up the truth.
With Cocoa sniffing out trouble and her close-knit group of friends by her side, Tess must dig deep to unearth the killer before the truth is buried for good.
Because in Maple Ridge, secrets don’t stay buried for long.
And Tess and Cocoa are going to smash the truth wide open.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Until a body turns up in the pumpkin patch.
Farmer Len was a fixture in town, but now he’s been cut down in the middle of his own harvest. With suspects cropping up faster than pumpkins on a wagon, Tess finds herself pulled into another mystery she never asked for—and this one is far from a simple patch job.
As the clues begin to take shape, one detail refuses to be ignored—a missing prize pumpkin that no one can account for. Tess knows that even the smallest seed could be the key to digging up the truth.
With Cocoa sniffing out trouble and her close-knit group of friends by her side, Tess must dig deep to unearth the killer before the truth is buried for good.
Because in Maple Ridge, secrets don’t stay buried for long.
And Tess and Cocoa are going to smash the truth wide open.
Genre: Cozy Mystery