Apple orchard owner Meg Corey is finally feeling settled into her new life in Granford -- she's made friends, and her relationship with Seth Chapin is heating up -- when her old Boston coworker Lauren Converse comes barreling into town, running the congressional campaign for a former hometown football hero. But Meg doesn't have time to worry about Lauren's campaign, because her neighbor, outspoken dairy farmer Joyce Truesdell, is found dead.
