Put out to pasture

Amanda Flower

Book - 2022

"Shiloh Bellamy saved her father's farm and is finally scraping by as a sustainable and organic farmer in Michigan. Since moving back, she has reconnected with old friends, including her best friend Kristy Brewer and Kristy's husband, Caine. Caine runs the farmer's market with an iron fist, and no one is surprised when he's killed except for Kristy who loved her husband despite his many faults. But when it's discovered that Caine was having an affair, Kristy becomes the number-one suspect in the crime. Shiloh must root out the real killer to save her best friend from prison"--

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Subjects
Genres
Mystery fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Cozy mysteries
Published
Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Amanda Flower (author)
Item Description
Series numeration from www.goodreads.com.
Physical Description
305 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN
9781492699941
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Review by Booklist Review

Shiloh Bellamy left her career as a producer in L.A. to return to her hometown of Cherry Glen in northwestern Michigan to run her dilapidated family farm. With limited funds, she has managed to make some repairs and is beginning to bring the farm back to life, culminating in an ambitious plan to host the town's upcoming Fall Daze festival. Unfortunately, the irritating Minnie Devani is found strangled at the farm, with Shiloh's best friend Kristy Brown's distinctive scarf apparently the murder weapon. Knowing that Minnie and Kristy had argued publicly, Minnie's best friend's husband, who happens to be the local police chief, seems ready to railroad Kristy for the murder. Concerned for Kristy, Shiloh investigates, all the while dealing with an antagonistic neighbor and a new competitor who also farms organically. Shiloh must also come to grips with her growing feelings for her deceased fiancé's best friend. The lovingly portrayed rural atmosphere, details of running a farm, and a well-drawn small-town setting frame this satisfying cozy.

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Flower's entertaining sequel to 2021's From Farm to Trouble opens on a beautiful October day in Cherry Glen, Mich., where the Fall Daze festival is in full swing. Former Hollywood producer turned organic farmer Shiloh Bellamy devised the event to bring visitors to the farm and to test new recipes for baked goods. Shiloh's father, however, isn't pleased by the hundreds of strangers milling around, and Shiloh, too, begins to doubt the wisdom of the festival once she starts running out of food for the hungry tourists. Finding more muffins turns out to be the least of her worries when an unpopular local is found dead at the foot of one of the decorative scarecrows set up in a nearby field. Worse still, the body has been strangled with the eye-catching scarf belonging to Shiloh's best friend, the manager of the popular Cherry Glen Farmers Market. Shiloh must once again turn sleuth to catch the real culprit. Flower efficiently establishes the who, what, where, and how right at the beginning. Cozy fans will hope to see a lot more of the earnest, quick-witted Shiloh. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, Seymour Agency. (Feb.)

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