Zipcar is mentioned! First time I've spotted this car time share in my contemporary reading, and of course it's a perfect fit in a locavore farm themed mystery. I enjoyed this, even if culprit a bit obvious, in large part because of quirky characters and location in NE Massachusetts. The possib...
“Did you notice that Greta seems more mad than sad?” Cam asked. She watched as the front door closed behind Greta and Megan. “I guess people deal with death in different ways. Although when I visited here yesterday she didn’t seem that happy with him. So if their marriage was already in trouble ....
A client would visit my parlor clinic at one o’clock. Before then I needed to visit Billy and Patience, and perhaps check on Nell, as well. I braked and then put both feet on the ground as I reached Market Square, waiting for an open spot in the traffic before I attempted to cross and head up Mai...
She finished planting the stiff-neck garlic. She harvested a dozen ripe crops, including the gold cherry tomatoes she’d take to the fair the next day. She split apart the soft-neck garlic bulbs she hadn’t braided. She selected only the fattest cloves for planting, saving the smaller ones for cook...
Now they sat in a booth in the rear corner of the Westbury House of Pizza, the town’s only restaurant. The Formica tables were worn but clean, and the Greeks who ran the place made a thin crust to die for. “Thanks for springing me, Cameron.” Albert sipped his glass of red wine. He waved at a coup...