Bushwhacked

Written by Emily James

Narrated by Andrea Emmes

Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes has packed up her life in Washington, D.C., to move to the tourist town of Fair Haven, Michigan, and take over the maple syrup business she inherited from her uncle.

But trouble seems to find Nicole wherever she goes.

Caught in a snow storm on her way into town, she hits what she thinks is a deer. It turns out to be the manager of the local animal shelter, and the collision isn't the primary cause of death.

Feeling guilty anyway, Nicole convinces the interim police chief to allow her to help with the case, even though she's also busy trying to settle in to her new role as owner of Sugarwood and figure out her unusual friendship with the county medical examiner.

As Nicole closes in on being able to put the killer behind bars, will she manage to find the evidence she needs before the murderer puts her in a cage-or a body bag-instead?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: May 22, 2018
• ISBN: 9781977377906

Reviews for Bushwhacked

[mstrust · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The second book in the Maple Syrup Mysteries. Nicole has just returned to Fair Haven, Michigan and her newly inherited sugarbush after quitting her parents law firm in D.C. Returning after a few months absence, Nicole gets herself into trouble right away by running over a man during a blizzard, but relief to find that she wasn't responsible for his death turns to concern when it's determined that he's the manager of the animal shelter and he was killed by a lethal injection. Now Nicole just has to get involved. And returning to town also puts her into immediate contact with the two men who seem to be vying for her affection, the new Police Chief Erik and the coroner, Mark.I wish Nicole, a grown woman and lawyer, wasn't constantly tripping over her own feet or falling on her butt, but I do like the series otherwise. And there's a recipe for maple syrup cookies included.