Queenie’s dad is being framed. At least, that’s the only explanation that makes sense to his family. The evidence is all there. He was working a handyman job at one of the creepier houses in town, found its occupant murdered, and just as he was about to call for help, the cops arrived to arrest him.

Queenie isn’t keen on getting involved in another murder investigation, but she’d do anything to prove her father’s innocence.

When clues start showing up at Queenie’s place of work, she’s wary, to say the least. First of all, she can’t figure out who’s leaving the cryptic clues on the shipments of pickle jars. Secondly, it’s unclear if the clues are meant to help her father or entrap her.

But Queenie might just have to risk her own safety to clear her dad’s name.

Seeing as it’s the week before Halloween, and creepy happenings are going on all around Brine, she’ll have to follow the advice of the pickle boxes local teens have been vandalizing and Handle With Scare.

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October 31, 2025

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