It isn't even Thanksgiving yet, and here I am reading the first Christmas mystery of the season! Yuletide-themed books are a very hot commodity at my library, so you read them whenever they show up on your "Holds" list. That's why I'm slightly jumping the gun on Donna Andrews' latest cozy, The Nightingale Before Christmas (#444).
This mystery is set as usual in the college town of Caerphilly, Virginia, where the Historical Society is trying a new type of fund-raising project with Meg Langslow in charge: a decorator's show house done in twelve completely Christmas-themed rooms. Meg thinks her hands are full herding cats with all the decorators at each other's throats competing for the cash prize to their favorite charity. That is, until she's there after hours checking that everything is in order at the house and finds the murdered body of an obnoxious decorator in his room, and the room itself vandalized. When someone takes a couple of shots at her, it seems someone is out to get Meg and ruin the Holiday Show House. Can Meg find the killer, repair the damage so the house can open on time, keep the peace amongst the remaining decorators and still find time to celebrate the Christmas season with her professor husband and pre-school twin boys? And will there be an X-Box or possibly a pair of hamsters under her own Christmas tree?
You'll have to read The Nightingale Before Christmas to find out. Light reading perfect for this time of year!
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