Poisoned apples. Secret motives. A past that’s too dark to hide. Candy Apple Season is huge on the orchard. Essential, even. So when a dead body turns up on the farm, Chelsea and May have to find the killer, or the business could go under.Worst of all? Hunky Detective Wayne Hudson has turned against Chelsea, so she and Miss May have to solve this murder on their own. Will the girls solve the … this murder on their own.
Will the girls solve the mystery before it’s too late?
Will the hundred year old orchard have to close for good?
Will things continue to heat up between Chelsea and Wayne?
Read to find out.
You’ll love this cozy because the story has plenty of twists, the sleuths are more determined than ever, and the romance flirty and cute.
Candy Apple Killer is Book 3 in the Apple Orchard Cozy Mystery Series, but the books can be read in any order. Read FREE on Kindle Unlimited today.
This book does not contain bad language or graphic violence. But it does include a cute tiny horse named See-Saw!
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Charming Third Cozy Mystery!
Crime-solving trio of amateur sleuths are up to their zany antics again as they try to solve the latest murder. The heartwarming characters and their shenanigans are fun to read. Great cast of characters. Is there romance brewing in the future? Enjoy!
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I am sooo Hooked on this series by: Chelsea Thomas, These Books are Fantastic!! Hope there are many more books to come in this series. I just Love them!
I love this series! It just keeps getting better and better. Chelsea, Miss May & Teeny have to be one of my favorite group of sleuths. They are hilarious! This time they have a new snooty resident of their fair town turn up dead at the Apple Orchard’s Candy Apple Hoedown. She was someone that made enemies everywhere she went so there are lots of suspects. Enjoy the wild ride while Chels & Co. work to solve the mystery. You’ll love it!!
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Another hit from Chelsea Thomas in the Apple Orchard series. Chelsea, Miss May and Teeny must sort out who poisoned the big city snob on their property (murder on their property, again!) before KP gets charged with the crime. Hilarious hijinks follow, with crazy situations and wonderfully funny dialog. Since Chelsea and Wayne, the detective, are on the outs they won’t get any help from him, but really, do they ever?
The plot is engaging and moves along at a nice pace. We meet interesting folks along the way, like Petunia and Ethel from the retirement home, who I hope show up in future books, and we get to know more about KP. And See-Saw, because who doesn’t like a miniature horse. The writing really brings the characters alive and easy to visualize, like the unfortunately named Mr. Turtle and his snobby wife.
I really enjoyed this book, maybe even better that the first two, and I definitely look forward to book #4.
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This is the third book in the Apple Orchard Cozy series and it does not disappoint. Chelsea, Miss May and Teeny embark in yet another murder investigation when a guest at their Candy Apple party on the farm. The victim, a newcomer to town, has made many adversaries in her short time as a resident. The killer could be any number of people but the town’s detective focuses on KP, Miss May’s loyal employee. Just when the trio thinks they are closing in on the perpetrator they stumble across another body. While KP is anxious to be proven innocent he also wants to be released in time to go on his vacation of a lifetime.
I love this series! The characters are very well developed. I hope we see Petunia and Ethel show up again. Their retirement community would be a perfect setting for another series. I also wish Teeny had a bit more of a role in the stories. It is realistic that she needs to be at her restaurant, but she is a funny character and I enjoy her reality show based theories. The plot moves at a steady pace and is engaging. I look forward to the next book in the series and I recommend this book. Do yourself a favor and read from the beginning, although this book could stand alone, the first two books are too good to miss.
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I like this series and I think it’s improving with each book. I had fun and it was a very pleasant read: engaging plot, lovely cast of characters and a lot of fun.
Highly recommended!
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I think these books keep getting better, I mean wow I am so in love with Chelsea and Wayne it’s so cute how they flirt with eachother and how awkward they are around eachother, Chelsea and Miss May are on the case this time to find out who killed Linda Turtle at their hoedown, I really enjoyed this as it is everything a cozy should be.
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Allow a full day for this family-friendly mystery set mostly in Pine Grove with snippets of See-Saw the tiny horse.
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This series keeps getting better and better. There were more twists and turns and the killer was a complete surprise. Every time I thought I had it figured out, nope, I was wrong again. This series is quickly becoming one of my favorites.
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I am really enjoying this series by Chelsea Thomas. Set in an apple orchard that belongs to Aunt May. Who did the deed this time. You will have to read to find out. Keep up the great work.
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This series gets better with every book! The writing is top notch. The plot is tight and multi-layered and filled with believable, slightly zany characters. It was an enjoyable read and I’m looking forward to future installments. I received this book free and chose to make a voluntary, unbiased review.
Candy Apple Killer is another enjoyable mystery in the Apple Orchard Series. Chelsea is preparing for the Candy Apple Hoedown when she is accosted by the Turtles from Manhattan, who are displeased with everything in the dumpy little town of Pine Grove. Not long after, Chelsea becomes involved in murder, deception, and a “long line of stupid-things-Chelsea-says-to-Wayne.” Of course, Detective Wayne harshly warns her to stay out of it. However, she and Miss May can’t stop snooping when their friend is wrongfully arrested. There are twists and humorous situations throughout and I highly recommend your reading Candy Apple Killer.
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I’ve fallen in love with Chelsea and Aunt May! This is the third book in the series and it is soooo good! I hope this series continues for at least a dozen books. (Or several dozen Chelsea and Matthew)?
Chelsea and Miss May are prepping the farm for its annual candy apple event at the orchard. The day before the event they encounter a snobby couple known as the Turtles of Manhattan. They try without success to get Miss May to let them sample and buy candy apples before the big event. She turns them down with as much tact that she can and even invites them to the event happening the next day.
After the couple leave in a huff, it is a great surprise that they show up for even. But they happened to have ruffled more than a few feathers when Mrs. Turtle is found dead after eating a poisoned apple. KP comes under suspicion by the local police, so Miss May, Chelsea, and Teeny put on their amateur sleuthing caps and try their hand at solving the case.
If you like your mystery with a mix of quirky characters, lots of humor and hijinks, and tons of potential suspects, then this should be in your “to be read” pile.
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Another great read from this author. I think this is the best one yet. The crew went out of town to do some sleuthing. Then ended up back home for the reveal. Are Chelsea and Detective Wayne still slowly getting closer?
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Another great cozy mystery story in this series. This time around Miss May, Chelsea and Teeny are trying to solve the murders of the Turtles of Manhattan, an obnoxiously snobby couple from the city. I love the way this pair of authors weaves their mysteries. Highly recommend.
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Another hilarious adventure by three of my new favorite sleuths! Chelsea, Miss May and Teeny had their hands full after a new snooty couple moved into town and a couple of dead bodies showed up shortly afterwards. Someone’s candy apple was poisoned, and since KP (friend, employee and caretaker of the farm) was the one who hand-crafted all the fancy apples, he was accused of the murder.
The sleuthing trio went into action by talking to everyone they could think of. I was dying laughing at a new person they had gone to see, a woman named Petunia who was a huge poker game fan. Just the description of her and how she spoke was so funny! I was kind of picturing Yetta from the old comedy The Nanny! I think Chelsea and Wayne, the detective are getting a little closer too. He even grudgingly admitted that she and her aunt are decent detectives after they helped solve this case which let KP go along with his vacation plans. The blurb in the book about the next one sounds really good, can’t wait!
Another Apple Orchard Murder!
These stories just keep getting better. This has to be the best of the series. As always, the plot is great with lots of side-stories going on. The final reveal would be impossible to guess and happens in a very fun way. These stories are filled with characters that are similar to many in our own lives. I received this book for free and this is my honest review.
This is the third in the Apple Orchard Mystery series. I have mentioned before that I really enjoy the main characters Chelsea , Miss May and Teeny . Once again, they are drawn into being sleuths as a snobby new resident is found murdered at the annual Hoedown! As the bodies pile up this turns out to be a hard case for the trio to solve as no one seemed to like the Manhattan Turtles arrival in Pine Grove.
The plot is very good it pulled me in right away and moves at a steady pace. I was able to finish the book in about 3 hours. The introduction of Salazar – Pine Groves Psychic was interesting.
I loved Miss May’s quote:
“I find its best to believe in everything, so long as it doesn’t hurt you. Its good to keep your door open to the universe. Otherwise, how will you know when the universe shows up with a gift?”
I thought I had identified the killer early in the book but as I read on there were red herrings that had me second guessing myself. This book is just as quirky and funny as the rest.
I highly recommend this series to all my fellow cozy mystery lovers. For those that don’t read books in order, you could read on its own but for a complete backstory on the protagonist I recommend reading book one first. I can’t wait to read “Berried Alive?” Book 4 in the series.
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The funny thing about tourist revenue driven towns – customer relations get to be twiggy pretty fast.
That rude customer might be a flat lander – or he is the missing uncle if your neighbor and your third grade teacher – and your second grade crush. Motives are twisted, and could be tangled with generations of belonging – or not belonging, loving or hating.
Or they could be just rude people no one liked, and most everyone is happy to see dead – so motives galore, but no one cares if they are not local – unless some one wants a scape goat, just to calm perceptions.
The Turtle family seem to be a bale of mean and awful critters who are not big on kindness, and are big on looking down on others.
Can Miss May and Chelsea save their friend KP – and his Hawaiian vacation plans?
Lots of tempting tasty treat, and twisted motives in this Apple Candy themed murder cozy!
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