Town in a Sweet Pickle by B.B. Haywood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Sweet Pickle Deli in town closed over 5 years ago, and everyone misses the pickles, but not the grumpy owner. When a jar of said pickles appears at a local cook-off, locals are excited to taste them again, but soon a goat and a man are dead, and Candy's co-worker Wanda is in the hospital, all poisoned by the jar of pickles. Has Maurice Soufflé, the owner who disappeared years ago, be back in town seeking revenge?

Candy figures out who the poisoner has to be rather quickly, and the last third of the book just deals with how trick the murdered into confessing. I kind of miss the surprise reveal at the end, but it was an enjoyable mystery anyway.

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