After receiving a mysterious letter, Jessica's friend Mary Rose Welch begs her to come with her to settle the inheritance she received from her sister Charlotte. Jessica doesn't believe she should, until a car hits Mary Rose, leaving her hospitalized. Now convinced something nasty has been going on, Jessica goes to Charlotte's town, the incongruously named Eden, and finds that the town has been producing some very rotten fruit.
A decent MSW finds Fletcher go undercover in a hick town called Eden as a deceased woman's sister and finds that everyone is trying to cover things up. The mystery is quite intricate, the sketch of the town is well done but it's the characters that make this strong entry.