{"id":14653,"date":"2014-11-30T11:56:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=14653"},"modified":"2014-11-30T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T16:56:30","slug":"review-picked-to-die-by-sheila-connolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/30\/review-picked-to-die-by-sheila-connolly\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u272f Picked to Die by Sheila Connolly"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"excerpt\"><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12814\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/pickedtodie.jpg?resize=200%2C323\" alt=\"pickedtodie\" width=\"200\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The new Orchard Mystery&#8211;from the <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of <em>Golden Malicious <\/em>and <em>Scandal in Skibbereen<\/em><\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s harvest time in Granford, Massachusetts, and orchard owner Meg Corey and her fianc\u00e9, Seth, are both racing to beat the New England winter. Meg is bringing in her apple crop with a team of workers, while Seth is working to restore an old building in the center of town. But when his project is set back due to the unexpected discovery of a skeleton under the building\u2014and even worse, a young man related to one of Meg\u2019s former apple pickers is found dead behind the local feed store\u2014the couple\u2019s carefully laid plans are quickly spoiled\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Meg can\u2019t help but wonder: are they just unlucky, or is there something rotten in Granford? If so, she knows she\u2019s got to seek out the bad apple before it ruins the whole bunch\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes Delicious Recipes <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/review-sheilabold.jpg?resize=216%2C62\" alt=\"review-sheilabold\" width=\"216\" height=\"62\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The harvest is in full swing at Meg Corey\u2019s apple orchard and her fianc\u00e9 Seth has his hands full supervising restoration projects all over town. The pair barely has time to breathe, let alone plan their wedding, but when a dead body is found behind the local feed store and the main suspect \u2013 a teenaged boy named Jeffrey \u2013 seeks their assistance in catching the real culprit, they can\u2019t help but say yes. Can Meg and Seth make room in their busy schedules to solve the crime and exonerate Jeffrey, or have they finally bitten off more than they can chew?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Picked to Die<\/strong> is the eighth of <strong><em>Sheila Connolly\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> <em>Orchard Mysteries<\/em>. Connolly\u2019s latest starts well, with a setup that\u2019s both quick and clever, but what follows is a bit of a mixed bag. Connolly takes great care to flesh out her characters \u2013 not just the major recurring ones, like Meg, Seth, and orchard manager Bree, but the book-specific minor players, as well. Unfortunately, though, she doesn\u2019t put the same amount of work into developing the relationships between said characters. Meg and Seth don\u2019t share a whole lot of chemistry for folks about to marry one another. Bree\u2019s constant anger regarding Meg and Seth\u2019s involvement in the murder investigation is unearned, and the conflict between them feels forced. Connolly never successfully convinces the reader why Meg cares what happens to Jeffrey, and it\u2019s actually a bit creepy that she thinks about a random teenage stranger as much as she does in this book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Connolly\u2019s prose is intelligent and she manages to incorporate a fair amount of history into <strong>Picked to Die<\/strong>; it\u2019s clear she researches the heck out of everything that appears in her tales, from apple-growing to migrant-labor laws to the history of farming in the US, and I never walk away from one of her books without having learned something. That said, though, the story occasionally gets bogged down by superfluous detail (we don&#8217;t need to know the history of every single building Meg sets foot in), and at times <strong>Picked to Die<\/strong> feels more like a class or a lecture than a murder mystery. The relative lack of action and tension further slows the pace (you never for a moment believe the police actually suspect Jeffrey), and while Connolly\u2019s ending is both logical and tidy, it\u2019s also anticlimactic. The end result is a book worth reading, but unless you\u2019re a die-hard fan, probably not worth buying.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20949448-picked-to-die\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/goodread-logo.jpg?resize=210%2C86\" alt=\"goodread-logo\" width=\"210\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Reviewed by<\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0Kat<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3_star_blog.jpg?resize=130%2C60\" alt=\"3_star_blog\" width=\"130\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00ISEOIMG?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thesea0f-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00ISEOIMG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/amazon-logo.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"amazon-logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=4jojKl08wnk&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=266972.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=8432&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fsearch.barnesandnoble.com%252Fbooksearch%252Fisbninquiry.asp%253Fean%253D9780698143258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bandn-logo.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"bandn-logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/lookup?isbn=9780698143258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iBooks_Icon.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"iBooks_Icon\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=4jojKl08wnk&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=290193.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=9309&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobobooks.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.html%3Fq%3D9780698143258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/kobo-logo.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"kobo-logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/search?q=9780698143258&amp;c=books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/icon-google-play.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"icon-google-play\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-14653\" data-postid=\"14653\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-14653 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Orchard Mystery&#8211;from the New York Times bestselling author of Golden Malicious and Scandal in Skibbereen A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT It\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,112,47,48],"tags":[146,367],"class_list":["post-14653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-berkley","category-landra","category-reviewer","category-reviews","tag-3-stars","tag-mystery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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