Twenty-something advice columnist and amateur sleuth Sissy Yoder loves helping out at her Aunt Bethelâs Sunflower CafĂŠ in Yoder, Kansas. It connects her to family, to the close-knit communityâand to the suspicious events that always seem to bubble beneath small-town life . . .
The unusual death of local herb farmer, Ginger Reed, is the talk of Yoder. Naturally, Sissy is intrigued. The official report classifies Gingerâs demise as an accident, concluding that she ran herself over with a tractor. But Sissyâs cousin, Naomi, a friend and longtime employee of Gingerâs, insists thatâs impossible. When she asks for Sissyâs help in unearthing the truth, Sissyâs on the caseâaccompanied as ever by her loyal Yorkie companion, Duke . . .
The deeper Sissy digs, the longer the list of suspects growsâand none of them are Ginger. Near the top is Gingerâs resentful sister-in-law, Mallory. Next is Naomiâs brother, Lloyd, whoâs bitter about the oil derrick presumably pumping black gold from Gingerâs landâland that once belonged to his family. Naomi herself could be a suspectâitâs her tractor, after all. But the investigation stalls when Naomi makes a shocking turnaround in her story. Is she lying? And if so, why? Then a missing dog, a desperate lawyer, and a teenage con artist are added to the mix, and the puzzle becomes hopelessly complicated. If Sissy doesnât solve it quickly, sheâll be lost in the weeds as a killer reaps a deadly harvest . . .
Twenty-something advice columnist and amateur sleuth Sissy Yoder loves helping out at her Aunt Bethelâs Sunflower CafĂŠ in Yoder, Kansas. It connects her to family, to the close-knit communityâand to the suspicious events that always seem to bubble beneath small-town life . . .
The unusual death of local herb farmer, Ginger Reed, is the talk of Yoder. Naturally, Sissy is intrigued. The official report classifies Gingerâs demise as an accident, concluding that she ran herself over with a tractor. But Sissyâs cousin, Naomi, a friend and longtime employee of Gingerâs, insists thatâs impossible. When she asks for Sissyâs help in unearthing the truth, Sissyâs on the caseâaccompanied as ever by her loyal Yorkie companion, Duke . . .
The deeper Sissy digs, the longer the list of suspects growsâand none of them are Ginger. Near the top is Gingerâs resentful sister-in-law, Mallory. Next is Naomiâs brother, Lloyd, whoâs bitter about the oil derrick presumably pumping black gold from Gingerâs landâland that once belonged to his family. Naomi herself could be a suspectâitâs her tractor, after all. But the investigation stalls when Naomi makes a shocking turnaround in her story. Is she lying? And if so, why? Then a missing dog, a desperate lawyer, and a teenage con artist are added to the mix, and the puzzle becomes hopelessly complicated. If Sissy doesnât solve it quickly, sheâll be lost in the weeds as a killer reaps a deadly harvest . . .