When Meg Corey's mother arrives unannounced in Granford, Massachusetts, Meg's sure it's not just to pay a visit to the apple of her eye. The timing is terrible - it's harvest season and Meg is understaffed in the orchard. Plus Elizabeth Corey is clearly hiding the real purpose of her trip. After an Amherst English professor - and Elizabeth's old friend - is found dead in the cider house, she's interrogated by the police. Could Meg's mother really have committed murder?