Holiday excitement abounds at The Pennyfoot Hotel, and Cecily Baxter is just hoping and prayer that this year's celebrations will be peaceful and without drama. But it just wouldn't be Christmas at The Pennyfoot if there wasn't a murder afoot! In Kate Kingbury's latest mystery, DECKED WITH FOLLY: A SPECIAL PENNYFOOT HOTEL MYSTERY, her 17th installment in the series, readers will be transported back to pre-World War I England in a pleasant mystery that is thrilling to the very last page. Despite Cecily's prayers, the busy Christmas season is disrupted when the body of Ian Rossiter is found floating in the pond. A former employee of the hotel, Ian had been lurking around, trying to have a word with Gertie McBride, the mother of his twin children, but no one was a witness to his watery demise. It's up to Cecily, her good friend Madeline, and the staff of The Pennyfoot to set out to clear Gertie's name, and find out who really murdered Ian. Meanwhile, The Pennyfoot guests are running amuk, the new footman is a bit shady, and Constable Northcutt seems to be always poking his nose into things he shouldn't, including Mrs. Chubb's delicious pies! On top of everything, Ian's wife, Gloria, has shown up with the news that she has no where to go but The Pennyfoot, and could she stay while she grieves for her no-good husband. Cecily truly has her hands full this holiday season! DECKED WITH FOLLY is full of twist and turns, just as a good mystery should be. There is also a great deal of British humor sprinkled among the pages. If you are a fan of the British comedy, "Fawlty Towers," you can almost imagine The Pennyfoot Hotel being much the same type of establishment as Sybil and Basil's. I was thoroughly charmed by this delightful story.