Fir Play

Boston marketing whiz Nell Prescott has a five-year plan, a spreadsheet, and a brand-new broken heart. What she doesn't have is any idea how to run the Gingerbrook Inn, the sagging Vermont bed-and-breakfast her beloved Aunt Winnie left her, complete with one working shower, a 1940s stove named the Beast, and a gray Maine Coon who sits on everything important.

Then, on the night of the Juniper Falls Christmas Market, a guest who wanted to buy up half the village is found on a bench in Lantern Woods beside the only lantern that went dark. The police call it an accident. Nell isn't buying it. With her bold Aunt Dot, the Tuesday quilting circle and a quiet handyman who notices far too much, she sets out to find the truth before the last bell rings.

Murder, mistletoe, and maple syrup. Recipes included!