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  • Published: 4 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9780425251553
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99

Foul Play at the Fair



When a rotten apple spoils the local harvest festival, event coordinator Liv Montgomery becomes an unplanned amateur sleuth in the first mystery in the Celebration Bay series.

As more and more tourists flock to Celebration Bay, New York, to enjoy their seasonal festivals, the town is in need of a professional coordinator. Enter Manhattan event planner Liv Montgomery, tired of big-city stress and looking for an idyllic spot where she and her Westie terrier, Whiskey, can put down roots. The Harvest by the Bay Festival is Liv’s first chance to prove herself, and everything from apple bobbing to pumpkin painting goes perfectly—until the body of an itinerant juggler is discovered stuffed into an antique apple press.

With a murderer on the loose, town leaders threaten to shut down the upcoming Halloween and Christmas festivals. But the town’s livelihood is at stake, and there is no way Liv is going to let that happen, even if she has to solve the murder herself. No matter how many balls she needs to keep in the air, Liv is determined to find a killer who’s rotten to the core...

  • Published: 4 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9780425251553
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99

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Praise for Foul Play at the Fair

Praise for the Celebration Bay Mysteries “If you like small-town gossip, long-buried secrets, and festivals galore, you’ll love this new series.”—RT Book Reviews “All the charm of a Norman Rockwell painting, but with a much more colorful cast of characters!”—Cynthia Baxter, author of the Reigning Cats & Dogs Mysteries “A great summer read to take to the beach, and not just for a holiday weekend. Freydont has humor mixed in with a full story line that will have you guessing with each page.”—Fresh Fiction “Freydont is a skilled writer...the dialogue is funny and fast, and the plot carries the reader along swiftly...[A] very enjoyable series.”—Kings River Life Magazine