Ace private detective Justinia Wright has her eye on setting a new world record in the sauerkraut eating contest during Henderson, Minnesota's sauerkraut festival. However, pursuit of her quest is threatened when a migrant worker is found murdered and the local sheriff asks Tina and Harry to help him find the culprit. Soon everything begins to revolve around an oddball rifle cartridge — the .17 Ackley Bee. And when love enters the picture, Tina knows she has to solve the murder in record time or miss her own chances at setting a record. Sauerkraut Days is a 4300 word short story that finds Justinia Wright up to her elbows in murder, love, and cabbage.