Liss MacCrimmonโs meddlesome mother is back in Moosetookalook, Maine, to serve a hefty portion of trouble in time for Thanksgiving. But when a scandalous murder case threatens to leave Liss alone at the table, family drama takes on a terrifying new meaning . . .
While Liss preps the Scottish Emporium for Novemberโs inevitable shopping rush, other local businesses arenโt half as lucky. Year after year, her father-in-lawโs rustic hotel can barely turn a profit during the stretch between autumnโs peak and ski season. Except this time, Mr. Ruskin realizes that the recipe for success lies in enticing an untapped niche clienteleโchildless couples desperate for a holiday away from family . . .
The unusual marketing tactic has everyone in Moosetookalook talking. Unfortunately, it also inspires a scathing social media campaign aimed at persuading tourists to boycott the hotel for affronting family values. Liss dismisses the bad publicity as being totally โoverkiltโโuntil angry mobs fill the streets, the troublemaker who started it all turns up dead, and her loved ones are suspected of murder . . .
With so much at stake, Liss canโt possibly follow police orders to stay out of the investigation. Thereโs just one wee problem: saving her own clan could mean sending a friend or two behind bars. Nowโpartly helped, partly hindered by her difficult motherโLiss must digest a slew of unsettling clues and catch the real killer . . . or else everything sheโs ever been thankful for may vanish before her eyes.
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