Picked to Death — Maggie West

Antique pickers Sherri Green and her bff, lovable town gossip Carol O'Brien, search for treasure amid the trash in their small midwestern town of Paradise.

What they find is more than they bargained for.

When they score a box of antique vases at a local auction in nearby Round Bottom, it sets off a chain of events that makes a competing picker see red. But that's not the worst of it. Someone in the tight-knit picking community ends up dead.

Can Sherri and Carol discover the murderer from a treasure trove of suspects before the crime gets buried along with the the town's most hated victim?

Picked to Death is a clean and wholesome, short read perfect for lovers of cozy mysteries set in a small town that feature an amateur sleuth.

Picked to Death is the first short book in the Antique Pickers in Paradise Cozy Mysteries series, and is a complete mystery that you can read in an hour or two. As a clean read, it does NOT contain strong language or graphic violence. Just Sherri and her sidekick Carol. Oh and Sherri's husband Ralph and their sweet cat, Kitty Jo.

Be sure to check out all of the short books in the Antique Pickers in Paradise Cozy Mystery series, Picked to Death, Cotton Picking Murder, Picked On, and Pick a Letter, for more small town fun and crime solving in the close-knit community of Paradise.