Title: Trouble Under the Tree
Series: A Nina Quinn Mystery
Author: Heather Webber
Publisher: Blue Dandelion Press (November
27, 2011)
Format: eBook Novel
Source: Purchased from Amazon
Genre: Mystery
Description: When landscape designer Nina Quinn
agrees to deck the halls of Christmastowne, an indoor Christmas village, little
did she know how dirty the job would be.
Christmastowne has been plagued by mishaps. Someone’s stealing toy donations, cutting lines to the security system, starting fires, and poisoning the poinsettias. Worst of all, Nina’s neighbor, Fairlee McCorkle (aka Mrs. Claus) is found murdered under Christmastowne’s enormous decorated tree.
The deeper Nina digs for clues to unwrap a killer, the more she discovers that some secrets are best left buried in the past.
Christmastowne has been plagued by mishaps. Someone’s stealing toy donations, cutting lines to the security system, starting fires, and poisoning the poinsettias. Worst of all, Nina’s neighbor, Fairlee McCorkle (aka Mrs. Claus) is found murdered under Christmastowne’s enormous decorated tree.
The deeper Nina digs for clues to unwrap a killer, the more she discovers that some secrets are best left buried in the past.
Review: Heather Webber’s
Trouble Under the Tree is a
delightful page-turner with a witty amateur sleuth in Nina Quinn.
The holidays
are stressful, and it’s even more so for Nina Quinn. She’s working long hours
on decking out Christmastowne, her fiancé is out of town helping his ailing
mother, and she may have lingering feelings about her ex-husband. When a string
of incidents occur at Christmastown, it’s up to Nina Quinn to dig through the
dirt and lies to solve not only Christmas capers, but also a murder, or two.
Trouble Under the Tree yanks the reader into the story with the
wonderful voice of Nina Quinn. She’s sarcastic, witty, and a wonderfully
well-written character within an amazing supporting cast. Each character is
different and makes their mark. The plot is fast-paced. For a mystery, Webber
does well in dropping hints of some secrets but still leaving some big
surprises for the end. Since this is a book in the Nina Quinn series, backstory
and re-telling who characters are and hinting at the previous books are used.
Personally, I could’ve done without these tidbits and still enjoyed and
understood the story, but it didn’t affect my love for it either.
After reading
Trouble Under the Tree by Heather
Webber, I want to run out and read the rest of the Nina Quinn series. Be
prepared to dig right in!
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