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Title:

A hive of homicides / Meera Lester.

Author:

Lester, Meera, author.

ISBN:

9781617739170

Personal Author:

Lester, Meera, author.

Edition:

First Kensington Hardcover Edition.

Physical Description:

263 pages ; 22 cm.

Content Type:

text

Media Type (RDA):

unmediated

Carrier Type:

volume

Series:

A Henny Penny Farmette mystery

Henny Penny Farmette mystery.

Abstract:

Beekeeper and former police officer Abigail Mackenzie searches for a killer after a friend's husband is murdered.

"When Abigail Mackenzie left the police force to become a farmer and beekeeper in beautiful Las Flores, California, she thought her days of criminal investigation were behind her. Her present life is mostly filled with hard work and happy occasions, including the upcoming event with her friend Paola, a truffle maker, who's renewing her vows with her husband Jake, owner of the Country Schoolhouse Winery. Abby is delighted to provide her trademark lavender honey for the occasion. But after the ceremony, the guests of honor are nowhere to be found. When Abby goes looking for them, she hears a gunshot and discovers Jake dead in his car and Paola injured beside him. Who was was the intended target? Jake had a reputation as a busy bee with the ladies. Is it possible that one of his flings, stung by rejection, took revenge? Or could it be sour grapes with one of his colleagues at the winery? If Paola was meant to be the victim, Abby needs to protect her as she searches for the shooter. When a second murder occurs, it's up to Abby to crush the clues--before the killer gets her over a barrel . . ."--Amazon.com

Subject Term:

Mackenzie, Abigail (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Women beekeepers -- Fiction.

Women farmers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Format:

Books

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Summary

A honey of a crime. . .

When Abigail Mackenzie left the police force to become a farmer and beekeeper in beautiful Las Flores, California, she thought her days of criminal investigation were behind her . . .

Her present life is mostly filled with hard work and happy occasions, including the upcoming event with her friend Paola, a truffle maker, who's renewing her vows with her husband Jake, owner of the Country Schoolhouse Winery. Abby is delighted to provide her trademark lavender honey for the occasion.

But after the ceremony, the guests of honor are nowhere to be found. When Abby goes looking for them, she hears a gunshot and discovers Jake dead in his car and Paola injured beside him.

Who was the intended target? Jake had a reputation as a busy bee with the ladies. Is it possible that one of his flings, stung by rejection, took revenge? Or could it be sour grapes with one of his colleagues at the winery? If Paola was meant to be the victim, Abby needs to protect her as she searches for the shooter.

When a second murder occurs, it's up to Abby to crush the clues-before the killer gets her over a barrel . . .

Includes farming tips and delicious recipes!

Author Notes

Meera Lester is the author of A Beeline to Murder and The Murder of a Queen Bee in the Henny Penny Farmette Mystery series, as well as nearly two dozen nonfiction books. She is the proud proprietress of the real Henny Penny Farmette, located in the San Francisco Bay area. While raising chickens and honeybees, she draws on her life with her animals and gardens as the basis of her Henny Penny Farmette mysteries. She blogs about life there at hennypennyfarmette.com. You can also visit her at meeralester.com; facebook.com/meera.lester; and twitter.com/MeeraLester.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

At the start of Lester's touching third Henny Penny Farmette mystery (after 2016's Murder of a Queen Bee), ex-cop-turned-farmer Abigail Mackenzie attends a church ceremony at which her friend Paola Varola renews her wedding vows with Jake Winston, the owner of the Country Schoolhouse Winery in Las Flores, Calif. After the reception at the winery, Abby hears a gunshot and finds Paola gravely wounded and Jake dead in a car parked outside. The police warn her not to interfere, but Abby conducts a quiet investigation on her own. The event awakens long-buried traumas from Abby's past, and she seeks help with her anxiety from psychologist Olivia Crawford, a newcomer in town who's also the sister of Abby's secret crush, Lucas Crawford. After a suspect in the shooting is killed, Abby realizes that someone means to get rid of possible witnesses-including the injured Paola and Abby herself. Lester's sensitive portrayal of Abby's struggle with her wounded psyche raises this traditional mystery above the pack. Agent: Paula Munier, Talcott-Notch Literary Agency. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

Trouble swarms around beekeeper Abigail Mackenzie (Murder of a Queen Bee, 2016, etc.) as she tries to discover who shot her faithful friend and her friend's faithless husband.Although she swears she's happy as a pig in mud out at her Henny Penny Farmette, ex-cop Abigail can't seem to keep out of the way of the police as they investigate the shootings of Jake Winston and Paola Varela in a sedan outside Jake's family winery just as the couple was about to celebrate the renewal of their wedding vows. Jake was killed and his wife severely injured in the attack. Police Chief Bob Allen threatens severe penalties if Abby doesn't leave the sleuthing to those still on the force. But his threats don't stop her from pestering veteran Sgt. Otto Nowicki or newcomer Lt. Sinclair, trying to find out about their latest leads. She even gets on her best friend Kat Petrovsky's wrong side by asking too much about an ongoing investigation. But as the police focus more and more on Paola's brother, Emilio, Abby feels she has to act. Serial philanderer Jake had plenty of womenand their familiesangry with him. If only Abby can find out who might have been killing mad she may be able to save Emilio and spare her friend still more heartache. More moth than bee, Lester's third floats all over the landscape before settling on a target. Interrogations, pie recipes, aphorisms, and disturbingly detailed accounts of bee copulation all vie for the reader's attention. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.