The apples are ripening, the pie crusts are cooling, and Ginny Malone is finally off for a sunny day at the Rinaldi family orchard—until murder turns their sweet visit tart…
Business at Moonstone Bakery is booming, tourists are lining up for pies, and Ginny’s thrilled that Vince is going to introduce her to his brother Tony on their picturesque farm in nearby Wyattville. A few hours away from the ovens sounds blissful—right up until Ginny and Vince stumble onto a body among the trees and Tony lands at the center of a scandal that could ruin the Rinaldi name.
With the clock ticking and the local sheriff eager for an easy arrest, Ginny and Vince find themselves shuttling between Moonstone Bay’s boardwalk and Wyattville’s dirt roads—balancing pre-dawn baking, the mischievous cat Shortcake, and a growing list of suspects who all had reason to want the victim silenced.
Pie by pie and clue by clue, they’ll have to sift through tangled debts, small-town grudges, and a trail of apple cores that just might lead straight to the killer.