Farm to Trouble by Amanda Flower
Series Name: Farm to Table #1
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release: February 23, 2021
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Shiloh Bellamy cashed in her big city job and 401K to return home to Michigan to save the family farm, but turning Bellamy Farms into a sustainable, organic operation is no small feat. Especially when her new investor is found dead at the farmers market not long after the contract is signed, a contract that the whole town knows her father was wholeheartedly against.

Now, Shiloh must clear her family’s name and track down the real killer before her farm dreams wilt before her very eyes. But with her father trying to stop any progress on his land, her cousin belittling her every effort, and the whole town believing her family at fault, Shiloh has to carry the investigation on her shoulders or risk all her dreams drying up before they begin.

Dru’s Musing:
Amanda is a prolific writer who knows how to keep things fresh with new stories and new ideas. The latest in her repertoire centers on organic farming. When the protagonist returns home, she gets buried in a murder and the need to investigate is strong when her father become the prime suspect.

This was a finely tuned whodunit that was well-written with a comfortable tone and pacing that was on par with how well this story was being told. There were plenty of suspects, people who had a strong motive and it was the little bit of dirt here and there that would lead Shiloh down a path towards the killer’s identity. I liked how the farming activities were interspersed within the storyline with vivid descriptive narrative that came alive with the words on the page. Overall, a good read and with how the book ended, I look forward to seeing where things go next.

FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher.