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In the picturesque New England town of Shady Creek Vermont fall is in full swing and Sadie Coleman owner of the literarythemed Inkwell pub is serving up delicious food and drinkswith a side of sleuthing

As the last leaves fall from the trees the town is gearing up for a new festival A Taste of Shady Creek Pub proprietor Sadie Coleman is looking forward to visitors coming to sample her literarythemed cocktails What if her mom doesnt like Sadies adopted townor her new boyfriend Grayson Blake

Those concerns are overshadowed when a food critic is found dead at Graysons craft brewery Curiouser and curiouserthe victim is linked to Graysons past as a private investigator and all the evidence points to him as the killer While Grayson lays low Sadie starts some investigating of her own Was it a bad review that made the killer mad as a hatter Or are there other motives at play

In between serving Kiss of the Cider Woman cocktails and bookminded bites to festival goers Sadie is striving to clear Graysons name But itll take more than a dash of ingenuity to prevent the festival from fizzing out completelyand stop a killer from downing another innocent life