Catastrophe hits a Vermont apple orchard: a plague of maggots, hate calls, and poisoned fruit that kills a Jamaican picker. Ruth rushes to help--only to see the troubles pile up on "her" doorstep "A wonderfully observed Vermont. Wright doesn't put a foot wrong in this well-wrought mystery." --"The Boston Globe"
"Well written with an incredible sense of place, an excellent plot...and a very exciting ending." --"Mysterious Women"
"Wright gives us a clear and compassionate look at a threatened way of life...we are left satisfied, not only in terms of the intellectual puzzle, but also emotionally." --"San Francisco Chronicle"