title: Town in a Pumpkin Bash: A Candy Holliday Murder Mystery
author:  B. B. Haywood 
description: A Halloween crime wave has come to usually tranquil Cape Willington, Maine, where farmer Candy and her friend Maggie run a pumpkin patch for extra money during the towns annual autumn festival. This year a real body turns up amid some fake tombstones deployed for the Haunted Hayride. Candys investigation into the crime leads to the powerful Pruitt family, whose past may hold secrets that could explain not only the murder but also the rash of other crimes gripping the community. Recipes and plenty of small-town pumpkin-festival details add ambience and charm to an entertaining cozy that will please fans of Paige Shelton and Denise Swanson. --Amy Alessio
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  HALLOWEEN MURDER
  
  
  After snapping a selfie to prove she’d made it to the end, Abby circled the
  perimeter of the clearing. Still no sign of the farmer anywhere—not that she
  was surprised by that, as quiet as it was. Finally, she approached the closed
  door on the front side of the shed and called out, “Mr. Minter, are you in
  there?”
  
  
  The only sound was the splash of raindrops hitting the mud puddles. Finally
  she opened the door and peeked into the dim interior. At first, she didn’t see
  anything except a large basket of mini pumpkins sitting on a rickety-looking
  table, no doubt the promised prizes. Then she noticed a boot lying on the dirt
  floor below the table. On second look, the boot was attached to a leg sticking
  out from beneath a patchwork quilt.
  
  
  She retreated several steps as her mind flashed back to that day in her
  backyard when she and Tripp had discovered a dead body wrapped in a quilt. A
  bad feeling settled 