Beet Fields, Robin Somers
Beet Fields, Robin Somers
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Beet Fields
A Murder Mystery

Author: Robin Somers

Narrator: Naomi Mayo

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/25/2025

Synopsis

Olive Post's bucolic farm life is already off kilter when she finds a body in the beet field. She suspects foul play, but when the coroner determines the death a suicide, her investigative instincts and years as a crime reporter kick in. Her tenacious pursuit of evidence strains her marriage and places her young children in danger as she uncovers an  ominous scheme that threatens her family and their livelihood.Set on an organic farm in Santa Cruz, California—where even the most altruistic are flawed—Beet Fields underscores the importance of  vigilance in an era of insatiable corporate agribusiness. With determination and courage, Olive confronts malevolent forces, struggling to restore the constancy in her home that she has worked diligently to create.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lorraine on July 17, 2025

A touching, complex, page-turning story that immerses the reader in a tense, potentially explosive, mystery in the verdant area of Santa Cruz, California. We’re thrown immediately into that mystery when the naked body of a friend and neighbor is found in the fields by Olive Post, organic farmer, mot......more

Goodreads review by Kate on November 01, 2021

Santa Cruz is not only the setting but, in a way, a character in this book. I enjoyed reading about my former town as the backdrop in a "murder mystery." Yes, it's that--but it's also a book about organic farming. Her lush descriptions of that life kept me enthralled. The characters are lively and m......more

Goodreads review by Muriel Murch on July 01, 2025

The fields and families drew me in to a world I knew - but not as deeply as I know now, and even that is not completely. The convolutions of mystery kept drawing me back to my kindle until the end - or where you ended this story. For I think of them still, knowing that life, love and farming will co......more

Goodreads review by Farnaz on April 10, 2021

Great story about an organic farming family, the fight against GMOs in California, tomatoes, and Santa Cruz, California.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 30, 2024

BEET FIELDS By Ms. Robin Somers Somersault Studios, Santa Cruz, CA. Copyright 2020 I don’t much like beets; been that way since childhood, so I started-out with zero interest in reading: “Beet Fields” – a book a family member highly recommended. Didn’t imagine that a book with a cover featuring my least......more

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