Dana Ryerson
Cover of Jam and Punishment by Dana Ryerson
The Green Pear Grove Mysteries · Book 1

Jam and Punishment

The developer wanted the orchards. Now he's in the apple butter.

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About the Book

Wren Castellano makes jam, logs every jar, and keeps the peace between her stubborn grandfather and a goose with opinions. Then Nonno Sal threatens a slick land developer at a town hearing, and the next morning Wren finds that developer's loafer sticking out of the grange's copper cauldron.

Half of Cider Hollow saw Nonno's truck on Main Street at dawn. The police have their suspect. Wren has a jam log, a wet paddle that shouldn't be wet, a pot that isn't hot enough, and a feeling that someone in town smiled too easily at that hearing.

To clear her grandfather, Wren will have to dig through land deals, family grudges and old secrets, all before the Pippin Fair, and before the killer decides she's asking too many questions.

And then there's the farm itself. It's called Green Pear Orchards. It grows apples. Nobody will tell her why.

A cozy culinary mystery with small-town charm, a dash of the uncanny, and a jar-by-jar trail of clues. Recipes for trouble included.

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Coming next: The Drop Ledger

Out of season, the old tree called Old Mother drops a single apple before trouble finds the Castellanos, and the family has written down every drop since 1924. Now, as the cider-pressing guild's caravan rolls over the covered bridge, Old Mother drops three apples at once. It's the first triple in the Drop Ledger in a hundred years. Wren reaches for the ledger…