"When a quiet autumn festival turns deadly, investigative reporter Wren Gallagher must look past the cider presses and crisp orchard air to uncover a ruthless killer. What starts as a quaint community assignment quickly spirals into a tangled web of rivalries, hidden motives, and small-town secrets waiting to boil over."
When a local farm's prize-winning pumpkin patch becomes a grisly crime scene, investigative reporter Wren Gallagher finds herself digging up more than just seasonal human-interest stories. With the annual harvest festival rapidly approaching and community tensions running high, Wren must sift through bitter agricultural rivalries and long-buried grudges to unmask a killer before the town's festive spirit is snuffed out for good.
A quaint harvest festival. Decades of buried secrets. A body in the cranberry bog. Investigative reporter Wren Gallagher travels north expecting a low-stakes autumn assignment — crisp air, sweet treats, local colour. Then the harvest waters give up a body, and a close-knit community turns on itself, fractured by old grudges and whispered accusations. Wren's instincts won't let her walk away.
Wren Gallagher on an early morning stroll along the pier stopped next to millionaire Vance Garrison's boat The Silver Marlin.
A stately vessel, garish actually Wren thought, as she turned to walk away something catches her eye in the water. It's
Vance Garrison. You will want to read book four of the Front Page Mysteries.
A beloved annual book fair, an eccentric cast of authors, and a murder script no one saw coming...
When the quiet town hosts its bustling annual Book Fair, the local newspaper is ready for puff pieces, author signings, and innocent literary gossip. But the headlines take a dark turn when a contentious visiting author turns up dead among the stacks—with a rare, missing manuscript nowhere in sight.
Suddenly, everyone with a pen, a grudge, or a bad review is a suspect.
With the sheriff eyeing local vendors and rival writers pointing fingers, our sharp-witted reporter must read between the lines, sift through clever alibis, and track down a killer determined to close the book on anyone asking questions. Can the culprit be caught before the final chapter ends in another disaster?
Book Fair and Betrayal is the fifth standalone-friendly installment in the Front Page Mysteries series—packed with small-town charm, quirky suspects, literary intrigue, and a clever puzzle to solve.