In the quaint seaside village of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday has a mostly idyllic life, tending to the Blueberry Acres farm she runs with her father - and occasionally stepping in to solve a murder or two. But Candy is as shocked as the rest of the locals when two murders occur back-to-back. And when her friend, a local handyman, becomes a suspect, Candy investigates to clear his name. But sorting through the town's juicy secrets gets very...

Halloween is fast approaching and preparations for the Pumpkin Bash, Cape Willington, Maine's, annual autumn festival, are well underway. Candy Holliday is running this year's haunted hayride, in the hopes of making some extra cash. But when she discovers a real dead body near some fake tombstones, Candy's side job becomes a full-blown investigation to find out who turned a holiday attraction into a real horror show.

"When Candy organizes a cooking event for her local newspaper, the town's most prominent citizens turn out to witness the popular cookbook author Julia von Fleming serve as a guest judge. But when Julia comes close to consuming a poisoned pickle, she begins to suspect someone in Cape Willington is trying to kill her-- and Candy is completely jarred to be among the suspects. But the first taste was just a sample, and soon more jars of poisoned pickles...