« Pickle in the Middle Murder » Jessie Chandler

Shay O’Hanlon accompanies JT Bordeaux—her gun–toting, medieval–loving cop girlfriend—to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, which features thrilling jousts, feisty wenches, and pickle vendors selling tasty tonsil ticklers. Trying to rein in her newest dog’s overactive nose, Shay finds a dead body with a bullet hole in his skull. A real dead body. In the privy. Before Shay can shout “Huzzah! JT is arrested for being the porta–potty body’s murderer. Scrambling to prove JT’s innocence, Shay must contend with the sheriff’s deputy who wants to throw away JT’s cell key forever. Privy to Murder Shay O’Hanlon never knew the Minnesota Renaissance Festival was such a strange and bawdy event until JT Bordeaux—her badge–wearing, medieval–loving girlfriend—drags her along for a visit. The sixteenth–century faire is full of thrilling jousts, feisty wenches, and pickle vendors showing off their tasty tonsil ticklers, but Shay is distracted by the call of her full bladder. While trying to rein in her newest dog’s overactive nose, she finds a dead body with a pickle stuffed in his mouth. A real dead body. In the privy. And before Shay can shout “Huzzah!” JT is arrested for being the porta–potty body’s murderer. Together with her quirky crew of caper–solving pals, Shay must scramble for clues to free JT from the clink … and her troubled past.