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Death, Snow and Mistletoe |
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 Death, Snow and Mistletoe byValerie S. Malmont Dell Publishing 320 pages, November 2000 ISBN 0440236010 Reviewed by PJ Nunn Read our author interview Read our review of Death, Guns and Sticky Buns Life has never been easy for Tori Miracle, so her current situation should be no surprise. She accepted a temporary position as editor of the tiny Licken Creek Chronicle to be close to the two most important people in her life – her best friend from college, and Garnet Gochenauer, sheriff of the close-knit community. But Alice Ann isn’t speaking to her and Garnet is in Costa Rica. And despite fervent attempts to become part of the town, Tori remains an outsider. With Christmas only weeks away, the whole town comes together to search for a missing boy. Tori quickly determines that the child’s cousins, last to see him, know more than they’re telling. The community wide search alerts a popular psychic. With her help, the bones of a child are found, but they aren’t missing Kevin’s bones. They aren’t even recent, and probably those of a child who disappeared more than thirty years ago. Before there’s time to make sense of that, one of the lead players in Licken Creek’s Community Theatre’s Christmas pageant drops dead right in the middle of rehearsal. When another theatre player is killed and Tori's house is broken into, she begins to fear for her own life. What has gone wrong in Licken Creek? Malmont has once again created a unique and enjoyable setting, amidst troubling and complex criminal acts. Nothing is as it seems. Tori’s character has grown and evolved into a more realistic portrayal, stubborn determination and vulnerabilities included. There’s a lot of plot packed in these few pages, and the ending is both surprising and logical. Intense and intriguing, Death, Snow and Mistletoe is Malmont’s best yet. |
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