Abandoned by Booklikes

Red Delicious Death is book three in the "An Orchard Mystery" novels staring Meg Corey.

For those we are deciding to pick up this novel, I suggest they read "One Bad Apple" and "Rotten to the Core" since they will help lay the groundwork for the series.

Meg is now preparing for her first harvest of the orchard in Granford, Massachusetts. Though Meg is busy from sun-up to sundown with the orchard she still manages to help three chefs from Boston pick a site for a new restaurant in Granford. Though Granford needs restaurants, stores, and some new blood, some residents are not happy about the chefs coming to Granford and destroying what they consider to be a perfect place. Meg once again investigates when someone is found murdered and it leads back to the restaurant.

I marked the novel down one star due to two of the characters and also the relationship between Meg and Seth.

Though I do like Meg as a character I am I have to say getting a bit tired of her woe is me attitude. She seems kind of jerky on one hand complaining about the chefs needing her help but then chastises her orchard manager Bree for being standoffish about the newest residents. Also I don't know if Sheila Connolly is afraid to write a love scene or what in these novels but she tends to just not write what is going on between Seth and Meg when they are kissing or being intimate. It just fades to black so to speak. I don't think anyone wants excruciating details but some details about them being together would be great.

Also I am starting to get annoyed by Bree and the constant chip on her shoulder. It be different it we see that she is being treated differently since she is Jamaican and a woman but she is not. Her constant attitude to anyone asking her a question is getting old. I hope Ms. Connolly manages to fix that in the next novel staring Meg.