A Jam To Die For
A festival, poison, and one inconvenient cat. Food writer Juniper Flynn came to Chicago's Lakeside Artisan Food Festival hoping for a feature story and a fresh start. Burned out and broke, armed with a camera, she expected gourmet samples and bold flavors. What she didn’t expect was the top food critic collapsing beside the judging table. Notably, nobody seemed sorry. The victim was the most feared reviewer in the city, who could end a business with a single column. When Rosie, a fellow jam maker, is accused, she can't stand by. With a scruffy stray tabby shadowing her, she sets out to clear her friend’s name before gossip spreads faster than strawberry jam. The festival is full of secrets. A polished event planner with a twelve-minute gap in her alibi. A jumpy vendor seen slipping out of the judges’ tent. Then she finds a clue hiding in her own photographs. If Juniper and her feline companion can't expose the real killer. Rosie takes the blame. And the next festival victim could be Juniper herself.