Author: L.C. Turner
Genre: Mystery
Digital Book
ASIN #: B0BL86CKVN
Independently Published
162 Pages
$2.99 Amazon
November 29, 2022
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Presley Thurman and Cooper Sands (and Bella, too!) have returned to Hunter's Hollow just in time for their Christmas Eve wedding. But when Winston Rose is murdered in the parking lot of Sue Thurman's flower shop, the police peg Sue as their number one suspect.
Presley knows her mom is innocent but can she convince the police of that?
Presley and Cooper think maybe it's best they cancel their wedding and focus on Sue's legal troubles, but she won't hear of it. She wants her daughter married on December 24 even if the mother-of-the-bride is in jail.
Can Presley find the real culprit AND get married to Cooper? This just might take a Christmas miracle.
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Presley Thurman and her fiancé Cooper Sands both live and work in Chicago. They are returning to their hometown for Christmas and to have their Christmas Eve wedding. But when Presley arrives at her mother's flower shop, she finds a dead body in a florist truck in the parking lot, The police are not doing a very thorough job if investigating, because they think that Sue Thurman killed the man, even though she really didn't have a motive to do so. Presley is more than ready to postpone her wedding to clear her mother's name, but she won't hear of it. Therefore, Presley is determined to find the killer so there can be a happy Christmas all around. That is, if she can stay alive long enough to do so...
I am grateful the author took the opportunity and time to write this book, and I am just as sure that others are, too. While it was interesting in the plot line, it seemed weaker than I would have expected, and personally I didn't feel that there was anything 'there' to see Sue as a murderer, but perhaps that's just me and I'm reading too much into it.
The writing was very good, and having known the characters, this is one more chapter in their lives, which makes it easy to read. Speaking of the plot line, it all centers around Winston Rose's garden farm, and the reason for his murder. There are a few real suspects at hand, but it's deciding which one is the killer that's forefront. While I knew the murderer before Presley (only because I read mysteries more than anything else) it was still enjoyable watching her put everything together. And the climax itself was done nicely.
In the end, everything comes together as it should, with a lovely Christmas Eve wedding, and a resolution of issues that everyone might have.
I received an advance copy of this book from the author but this in no way influenced my review.
More on L.C. Turner's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/l-c-turner/
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