The first in the Christmas Tree Farm series, this novel will
be a great start to your Christmas. Make a cup of hot
chocolate; settle down for the winter, because you will not
want to put down TWELVE SLAYS OF CHRISTMAS by Jacqueline
Frost until the mystery is solved at the end! I love the
characters, as they are each full of personality and charm
that make Mistletoe, Maine a place you would want to visit.
Just don't get on the wrong side of any of the town people
or you might just end up six feet under.
Holly White, yes that's her name, just moved back to her
family's Christmas tree farm after her fiancé cancels their
Christmas wedding plans. She is home now trying to pick up
the pieces to her life and moved forward when a murder on
her family's farm has closed them down for a bit on their
busiest season. The murder weapon was a tree marker that has
the new Sheriff Evan Grey looking at Holly's father as well
as anyone else on that farm that had been arguing Margaret
right before her death. Someone doesn't like the questions
Holly has been asking around town as she is trying to find
the murder on her own and clear her father and his
employees' names as the murderer.
I love the creative names that Frost comes up with for the
characters in what seems like a North Pole town. Everything
has a jolly name to it such as Holly, her pet cat, Cindy Lou
Who, and down to other characters such as Cookie that put
you in the Christmas spirit. Even Frost's name fits with
the Christmas Theme! This will be a cozy mystery favorite of
mine and I can't wait for the next one to see what happens
next in Holly White's life. The beginning gets you, the
middle keeps you, and the end has you wanting more! TWELVE
SLAYS OF CHRISTMAS by Jacqueline Frost should be the first
thing on your Christmas list this season!
When Holly White's fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve
wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home
with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic
Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime―exactly
what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her
troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when
local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical
Society Margaret Fenwick is bludgeoned and left in the
sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly's family tree farm.
When the murder weapon is revealed as one of the wooden
stakes used to identify trees on the farm, Sheriff Evan Grey
turns to Holly's father, Bud, and the Reindeer Games staff.
And it doesn't help that Bud and the reindeer keeper were
each seen arguing with Margaret just before her death. But
Holly knows her father, and is determined to exonerate
him.The jingle bells are ringing, the clock is ticking, and
if Holly doesn't watch out, she'll end up on Santa's naughty
list in Twelve Slays of Christmas, Jacqueline Frost's
jolly series debut.
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