Poison Apples

Catastrophe hits a Vermont apple orchard: a plague of maggots, hate calls, and poisoned fruit that kills a Jamaican picker. Ruth rushes to...more

Catastrophe hits a Vermont apple orchard: a plague of maggots, hate calls, and poisoned fruit that kills a Jamaican picker. Ruth rushes to help—only to see the troubles pile up on her doorstep! “A wonderfully observed Vermont. Wright doesn’t put a foot wrong in this well-wrought mystery.” —The Boston Globe “Well written with an incredible sense of place, an excellent plot…and a very exciting ending.” —Mysterious Women “Wright gives us a clear and compassionate look at a threatened way of life…we are left satisfied, not only in terms of the intellectual puzzle, but also emotionally.” —San Francisco Chronicle   less