Böcker av Nancy Means Wright

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

Discovery of a hex ring attached to a finger bone on Ruth's Vermont farm soon ends up in a Fall Harvest of Bones!"This is a well-wrought tale...evokes a strong sense of place and creates realistic characters coping with human--and--humorous problems."--Publishers Weekly"Wright melds setting and character with the skill of Stephen Dobyns in his Saratoga mysteries."--Booklist"Vividly offbeat characters and warm accounts of life on the farm...a solid follow-up to Wright's promising first outing, Mad Season."--Kirkus Reviews

Vermont dairy farmer Ruth encounters beekeepers, Abenaki Indians, a strangled professor, and dark secrets from the past in this hair-raising tale."Penetrating, economical, and generously plotted."--Kirkus Reviews"The story is intricate and fascinating, the solution a delight, and the stark Vermont backdrop brilliantly portrayed."--Romantic Times