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02155aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 1C508970FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 181114t20182018onc 000 f eng d 020 $a 143286646X 020 $a 9781432866464 040 $a VPW $b eng $e rda $c VPW $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ma 100 1 $a Connolly, Sheila, $e author. 245 10 $a Nipped in the bud / $h [large print] / $c Sheila Connolly. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c [2018] 300 $a 343 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Orchard mystery ; $v #12. 520 $a "Winter still has a firm stranglehold on the small town of Granford, and newly married orchard owner Meg Chapin is restless to begin her spring pruning and planting, while Seth busies himself with a new project of his own. But their relative peace is shattered when a gunshot breaks the winter silence and they discover the body of a dead woman on their land. What's just as troubling is that the state police have hushed up the murder and are warning Meg not to investigate. Never one to sit by idly with a killer on the loose, Meg starts digging for clues and probing for answers as discreetly as she can. When the victim turns out to have been an undercover reporter doing a story on the blossoming trade in illegal drugs in the area, Meg's stunned to learn that this very modern crime has come to sleepy Granford. Unwilling to accept that the nasty business has put down roots so close to home--and led to a murder that occurred literally in her own backyard--Meg is determined to nip it in the bud before the town she knows and loves turns rotten..." -- Publishers description. 650 0 $a Apple growers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Newlyweds $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Orchards $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Massachusetts $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 lcgft. 650 $a Large type books. 800 1 $a Connolly, Sheila. $t Orchard mystery ; $v 12. 941 $a 1 952 $l BWPD851 $d 20210714020318.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1C508970FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search