Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496723178
Kensington Publishing
304 Pages
$7.99; $6.89 Amazon
September 29, 2020
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As December sweeps through South Lick, Indiana, Robbie's life seems merry and bright like the string lights glistening around town. But strange happenings signal a bumpy ride into the holidays. First a man raises eyebrows at Pans 'N Pancakes when he's claiming to be the long-lost half-brother of Robbie's assistant. Then a fire destroys the home of a controversial anesthesiologist, exposing skeletal remains in his attic. Helplessly intrigued, all Robbie wants for Christmas is to stop her winter wonderland from becoming a real nightmare. With a decades-old mystery taking shape, can she run as fast as she can in pursuit of a killer who's harder to crack than a stale gingerbread man?
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It's Christmas time in South Lick, Indiana, and Robbie is looking forward to spending it with her boyfriend Abe and her aunt. But when there's a home fire, and a skeleton is discovered in the attic of a well-known anesthesiologist, it's soon discovered who the remains belong to, and it opens up an entire new line of what happened to this person -- long believed gone from the community on their own.
Then a man appears at Robbie's restaurant, Pans 'N Pancakes, claiming he's the long-lost brother of Robbie's assistant, and no one knows what to think. With guests at the hotel, and ugliness rearing its head over the holidays, Robbie wants to find out what happened to the person to whom the skeleton belonged, and hopes that her assistant isn't being taken in by a con man...
I have read every single book in this series and loved them. Unfortunately, this one really sank the bar when the author decided to turn the book into a political one. I read books to escape from the realities of life, to relax in my home and just enjoy the moment. If I want to read about politics, then I will pick up a book on political science or a non-fiction book. Also, there was a scene between Robbie and her guests that absolutely did not make sense, keeping in line with the book's tone. None of this had anything to do with the book, so why was the question thrown in there in the first place?
This wasn't a mystery. It was a political rant with some mystery thrown in to keep people reading. Sorry, but I lost interest in the book and by the end of it I didn't really care anymore. Hopefully the next one will go back to the way the rest are written.
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