Cooler breezes, shorter days, and pumpkin spice everything naturally gets mystery readers thinking about Halloween—but nine bestselling cozy authors have had jack-o’-lanterns on the brain since spring when they cooked up the idea for a Halloween mystery anthology.
While a weekend hunting trip in rural Swinton, Georgia, wouldn’t seem to be the preferred choice for a Christmas-season getaway, portrait artist Cherry Tucker is looking for an escape from her family problems in Forks County. A timely opportunity arises when the owners of the Big Rack Lodge host a ten-thousand dollar buy-in competition to hunt down the mythical hogzilla that is one of the feral hogs wreaking havoc throughout Georgia.
At twenty-six years of age, freelance portrait artist Cherry Tucker has an ex-husband for a roommate, isn’t speaking to her brother, and continues to be harassed by her nemesis Shawna Branson. Cherry thought that being hired to create stage art for the very elite Peerless Day Academy’s drama department was a step towards maturity and possibly getting recommendations to other towns in Georgia.
Roselyn "Rose" Strickland knows that no phone call at 3a.m. ever brings good news. However, even she was not prepared for the news that her study partner, Janelle Johnson, was in jail for attempting to kill her ex-husband and was calling to ask Rose to get a good lawyer–and cigarettes to trade with Janelle's jail mates!
