Olive Post’s bucolic farm life is already off kilter when she finds a body in the beet field and suspects foul play.

When the coroner determines the death a suicide, her investigative instincts 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, Beet Fields underscores the importance of vigilance in an era of insatiable corporate agribusiness. With unfaltering determination and courage, Olive confronts malevolent forces and struggles to restore the constancy in her home that she has worked diligently to create.

About the Author

Robin Somers spent her middle years in Tuolumne County in the Sierra Nevada, where she wrote for the daily newspaper, taught high school English, and kept a horse. She is retired faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and volunteers at Canham Farm horse rescue sanctuary in Scotts Valley, California. She is a Volunteer Ambassador for the American Wild Horse Campaign, a founding member of Coastal Cruisers chapter of Sisters in Crime, a member of Western Writers of America, and Mystery Writers of America. Her mystery Beet Fields, reprinted as an eBook by Sibylline Press in 2025, was inspired by her son Joe Schirmer’s organic farm, Dirty Girl Produce. Her latest book Eleven Stolen Horses: A Wild Horses Mystery (Sibylline Press 2024) won Finalist in the category of Best Westerns from Pacific Coast Book Review. She lives in Santa Cruz with her husband.

Sibylline Digital First - March 2025