A Gala Event

Authors: Connolly, Sheila
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC022040, FIC022000, FIC022070
ISBN: 9780698165649, Related ISBNs: 0425275817, 0698165640, 9780425275818, 9780698165649
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Wedding bells are ringing for Meg and Seth in the latest Orchard Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Picked to Die

The fall harvest may be just about over, but orchard owner Meg Corey is busier than ever planning her wedding to Seth Chapin. Who knew picking apples would be less work than picking out rings and a dress? And even though the happy couple has invited most of Granford, Massachusetts, to the ceremony, they might have to make room for one more guest…

Ex-con Aaron Eastman has unexpectedly reappeared in his hometown, searching for answers to the tragic fire in his family’s past that put him behind bars twenty-five years ago. Moved by his sincerity, Meg vows to do everything she can to help him solve the cold case. As she cobbles together the clues, it becomes increasingly clear that Aaron may have been considered the bad seed of the family, but someone else was one bad apple…

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