Cider & Secrets at Orchard Grove: A Tasty Culinary Cozy Mysteries

The Orchard Grove Cozy Culinary Mysteries Series Book 1

De: R.F. Price

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Welcome to Orchard Grove, where the cider is hot, the pies are flaky, and secrets are baked deep into the crust.

When Tessa Bloomfield returns to her New England hometown to reopen Cider & Crust, her late grandmother’s beloved pie shop, she’s hoping for a fresh start. Think early mornings rolling out dough, the scent of cinnamon and apples in the air, and a quiet life far away from corporate burnout.

Instead, she walks straight into festival chaos, orchard rivalries, and a murder that threatens everything her family built.

The annual Cider Festival is Orchard Grove’s biggest event, drawing tourists, food bloggers, and fierce competition. When a controversial local figure is found dead in the old Orchard House after publicly vowing to expose “a lie rotting under the orchard,” whispers turn to accusations. The police are digging, neighbors are choosing sides, and every orchard owner, vendor, and town official has something to lose.

Then Tessa finds her grandmother’s old recipe notebook—filled with coded notes that seem to link treasured pie recipes to long-buried secrets about land deals, family feuds, and a missing ledger. Someone wants those secrets to stay hidden, and they’re willing to sabotage cider batches and threaten Tessa’s new life to keep the past buried.

With the future of Cider & Crust on the line, Tessa starts asking questions the town would rather avoid. Alongside a steady orchard owner who keeps more to himself than he lets on, a festival-obsessed best friend with a talent for gossip, and a sheriff who doesn’t entirely hate her digging, Tessa must follow the trail of crumbs before the killer strikes again.

But in Orchard Grove, every truth comes with a price—and some recipes are dangerous to share.

Cider & Secrets at Orchard Grove is the first book in a warm, addictive Cozy Culinary Mystery series filled with:

• A charming small-town setting with apple orchards, harvest festivals, and cozy Main Street shops
• A relatable amateur sleuth rebuilding her life through baking and community
• Clever, fair-play clues woven through recipes, coded notes, and orchard history
• Slow-burn relationships and evolving friendships that deepen from book to book
• Zero gore, zero profanity—just twisty, comforting mystery and heart
• A real recipe from Cider & Crust so you can bake along at home

If you love Cozy Culinary Mysteries with mouthwatering food, small-town charm, and layered secrets that keep you turning pages late into the night, you’ll feel right at home in Orchard Grove.

Start the series today and discover why one visit to Cider & Crust is never enough.