Mary C. reviewed on 10/8/2011 + 41 more book reviews

In this second book of the Orchard Mystery series, it is spring. Meg is attempting to learn how to run an orchard through taking classes at the university and hiring an assistant. On one of her excursions to the orchard to attempt to apply what she has learned, Meg discovers a body in her springhouse. The only good thing about this is that she has no idea who it is. Sadly, that doesn't prevent Detective Marcus from considering her a suspect especially when it is found that the person died from outdated pesticide from Meg's barn. This does not bode well because the dead man was the head of a local organic farming group, and two of Meg's farming support system have major ties with the chemical company in the area.

With this book, the orchard manager is introduced who I assume will be part of the upcoming books. This book also seemed, to me, to give both sides of the chemical/non-chemical debate that goes on in all aspects of the farming community and in this case the use of pesticides in orchards. The author does not dismiss either out of hand, and she allows Meg to contemplate the positive aspects of both use and non-use.

I was not disappointed in this book and look forward to reading the next in the series.

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