Strawberries and Crime, Elle Brooke White
Strawberries and Crime, Elle Brooke White
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Strawberries and Crime

Author: Elle Brooke White

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/12/2021


Synopsis

Things are finally growing smoothly on the Finn Family Farm. With the help of caretakers Joe and Alice Wong and farmer Samuel Brown, Charlotte Finn is starting to feel at home at the Santa Barbara County produce farm she inherited. But all is not strawberries and cream: a blight is destroying young berry plants. Worse, another mysterious death is shaking Little Acorn. The victim is grizzled, cantankerous Linc Pierce, the only farmer in Little Acorn whose strawberry crop was fruitful. Charlotte and her old friend Beau Mason find him hanging from the rafter, an apparent suicide. But a cursory search turns up a half-eaten sandwich. Who eats before he kills himself? Chief Goodacre suspects foul play. Her prime suspect is Beau, who exchanged words—and worse—with Linc earlier in the day. Meanwhile, Little Acorn's farmers point accusing fingers at one another, recalling Linc's suggestion that someone sabotaged their strawberries. As Charlotte searches for clues to exonerate Beau, she finds something on Linc's workbench not buried in dust. Could this be why Linc's strawberry plants are alive? And, perhaps, why Linc is dead? Now, if Charlotte and Horse—the farm's baby pig with a bottomless stomach and an insatiable hunger for sleuthing—can't root out the murderer, they, too, may end up dead and berried.

About Elle Brooke White

Elle Brooke White is the author of the Finn Family Farm Mystery series. She once had hopes of becoming a renowned actress but ended up taking a job in advertising instead…until writing returned her to “a world of pure imagination.” Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, she grew up in Paris, Brussels, and London before returning to the US to attend Vassar College. She now lives with her famous diving dog, Bardot, in Southern California.

About Susan Boyce

Susan Boyce is an award-winning audiobook narrator. She has recorded over ninety audiobooks in a variety of categories, and her talents have been put to work by industry giants such as Amica, Hasbro, and Mattel. She earned a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Rhode Island in 1979 and has worked on-stage at Trinity Repertory Theatre, Worcester Foothills Theatre, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, and every major Ragtime and Traditional Jazz Festival in the United States.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ileana on May 14, 2021

Strawberries and Crime is book 2 of the Finn Family Farm Mystery Series. Charlotte and her sleuthing baby pig are back on the scene to solve another mystery. The farm is finally running smoothly due in part to caretakers Joe and Alice, and farmer Sam. However, a body is found and it's not what it see......more

Goodreads review by Kim on March 25, 2022

This is a fun cozy mystery. The human characters are interesting and likable and the farm animal characters are adorable. The mystery is well written with plenty of suspects and red herrings. I look forward to reading more in this series. All thoughts and opinions are my own, and in no way have I be......more

Goodreads review by Jan on May 14, 2021

I love the subtle humor of having a mini pig named Horse who understands and even sleeps with main character Charlotte Finn! I did read the first book, but I think that this one can stand alone. Charlotte left the ad world in Chicago when her relative left her a strawberry farm in northern Californi......more

Goodreads review by Missi on October 18, 2021

I fell in love with the first book, Dead on the Vine, in the Finn Family Farm Mystery series by Elle Brooke White and couldn't wait for the next book and it is finally here !! Strawberries and Crime is full of entertaining stories and lovable people and a farm and community that you will want to be......more