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I'll Be Home for Mischief

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Innkeeper Holly White is decking the halls this Christmas season, but someone is on the naughty list when a body is discovered in the fifth installment in the Christmas Tree Farm mystery series from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost.
It’s Christmastime in Mistletoe, Maine, and the Historical Society has launched a widespread campaign to celebrate the town’s 150th anniversary. Descendants of the founding family, the Snows, have returned for the first time, and Holly is determined to make the family’s visit magical. In an attempt to put Mistletoe on the map, Holly’s mother, a respected local baker, attempts to break a record by baking the world’s largest gingerbread man, but her plans are whisked away when Mr. Snow’s body ends up in the batter. 
When Mr. Moore, the local mistletoe farmer, is accused of the crime, Holly reprises her role as amateur sleuth to protect the sweet older man. Between hosting the inconsolable Mrs. Snow and other guests at the inn, receiving threatening messages telling her to stop her investigation, and preparing for her first wedding anniversary with Sheriff Evan Gray, she might need a Christmas miracle to survive.
When someone breaks into Holly’s office and scratches a warning into her desk, she knows she has little time left. Can Holly uncover the killer before someone else gets burned, or is her involvement a recipe for trouble?
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      November 1, 2024
      It's Christmas: Time for another murder in Mistletoe, Maine. Holly White, who works at her family's Reindeer Games tree farm, loves all things Christmas--except having to help solve those pesky murders all the time. This year, the charming town is decked out in a Victorian theme and visitors are arriving in droves, planning to sample everything that makes up the Christmas spirit and watch Holly's mother bake a gingerbread man she hopes will set a new world record for size. Special invited guests include Violet Snow and her son, Elijah, two members of Mistletoe's founding family, who are staying at the Reindeer Games Inn that Holly manages. The town still wonders why the Snows abruptly left Mistletoe decades ago, but mother and son aren't talking. Soon after having an argument with longtime resident Henry Moore, Elijah is found dead on Holly's mother's cookie sheet, covered in gingerbread dough. Two obnoxious podcasters who combine true crime with baking are delighted to be in town for yet another Christmas murder. Holly's husband, Sheriff Evan Gray, hates seeing her involved in crime-solving, but is well aware of her inability to ignore problems. Although Moore has some kind of past with the Snow family and is obsessed with Mistletoe, Holly doesn't think he murdered Elijah. With some help from her crew of good friends, she starts looking for a motive that may lie buried in the past. A delightfully quirky group of Christmas-smitten sleuths add joy to a middling mystery.

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