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A Wonderful Christmas Crime
by Jacqueline Frost
Series: Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #6
Series Rating:
Published by Crooked Lane Books on October 21, 2025
Setting: Mistletoe, Maine
Genres: Cozy Holiday Mystery
Pages: 281
Format: Audible Audiobook, Audio CD, Hardcover, Kindle
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Also in this series: Stalking Around the Christmas Tree
Innkeeper Holly White has a lot to be joyful about this season, until an attempted robbery throws the town into suspicion in the sixth installment of the Christmas Tree Farm mysteries from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost.
As Christmas descends on Mistletoe, Maine, Holly White has an extra gift for the season: a new baby on the way. Her husband, Sheriff Evan Gray, has been worried about her elevated blood pressure, and Holly has agreed to take this year easy. Being idle has never been one of Holly’s gifts, so when Evan surprises her with tickets to the town-wide dinner, she and her many cravings thank him. But when a thief tries and fails to steal an antique ornament from the dinner’s holiday display, it’s clear that someone is on the naughty list.
The thief manages to escape, but after dinner, Holly spots their lifeless body. It’s clear that someone in town was keen to kill them. Evan is less than jolly to find his wife at the scene of yet another holiday homicide and asks her to promise that she’ll leave the investigating to the police. But Holly has never been one to turn down a challenge and has to get creative with the help of a few of her friends in order to find this killer.
Will she and her friends be able to stop the killer and uncover the motive behind the attempted robbery, or will the killer strike again and paint the town a bloody red?
A Wonderful Christmas Crime by Jacqueline Frost is a magical snow filled ole mystery that had me smiling.
Will Holly White take this season off, or will she stick her nose in the recent death?
Holly White
Holly is our sleuth, but she is also a jewelry maker, wife, and renowned sleuth. Now, after last year’s podcast, she has become quite popular. In fact, people recognize her and ask for her autograph. She has a bit of extra cash to spend on Christmas gifts. However, Holly is having a hard time staying out of the comings and goings of the townsfolk, especially those in town for the antiques road show.
I like Holly and understand what she is going through. Also, I get her frustration with her family and friends. Sometimes other people, no matter how close they are to you, need to mind their own business. Holly is a capable woman with a fantastic upbringing who can handle her own affairs. One thing I like about her is that she sees the good all around her.
The Mystery
Mistletoe, Maine, is again swamped with tourists; this year, they are in town for the last stop of the antiques road show. One of the town’s new residents, who is from Sweden, has inherited some Yule goats. Apparently, these can be worth quite a bit of money. The restaurant’s owner and the owner of the Yule goats are among Holly’s friends. After the town’s progressive dinner, Holly circles back to check on her friends and stumbles upon a deceased antique dealer from the road show.
There are also the thefts of those blow-up snowmen going on around town, which also intrigues Holly. And they have a puzzle in the paper’s crossword that references Holly by name. So, lots to add to the holidays in Mistletoe. And Holly is involved, even though she should be resting.
Four Stars
My rating for A Wonderful Christmas Crime by Jacqueline Frost is four stars. I really love this series. It’s always fun to return to Mistletoe, Maine, and see what Holly, Evan, and the gang are up to. I recommend these books to all the cozy readers out there.
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About Jacqueline Frost
Julie Anne Lindsey is an award-winning and bestselling author of mystery and romantic suspense. She’s published more than fifty novels since her debut in 2013 and currently writes series as herself, as well as under multiple pen names, for Harlequin, Kensington, Sourcebooks and Crooked Lane Books. She is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary Management.
Some of the pen names that Julie Anne Lindsey uses are Jacqueline Frost, Bree Baker, and Julie Chase.
Julie is the 2022 Maggie Award Winner for romantic suspense, the 2020 Golden Quill Award Winner for Series Romance, a double finalist (and winner) of the 2020 National Readers Choice Award for Romance Adventure, a 2019 double-finalist (and winner) of the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Mystery & Suspense, the 2019 Stiletto Award for Romantic Suspense and the 2019 National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award for romantic suspense.
She is a member of national Sisters in Crime, as well as a local board member, a member of Romance Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Independent Book Publishers Association, Midwest Book Publishers Association, Mystery Writers of America, Women’s Fiction Writing Association, and Novelists Inc.
She’s ghost written for NYT Bestselling authors and led classes and workshops for numerous writers conferences, libraries and groups on topics from plotting and outlining mysteries, to social media 101.
Julie’s recently expanded her industry knowledge and experience by taking the self-publishing plunge. She founded Cozy Queen Publishing LLC in 2020 and coordinated her efforts with a team of professionals from her traditional writing world to launch a new cozy mystery series in September 2021, with 12 titles available now.
When Julie’s not creating new worlds or fostering the epic love of fictional characters, she can be found in Kent, Ohio, enjoying her blessed Midwestern life. And probably plotting murder with her shamelessly enabling friends. Today she hopes to make someone smile. One day she plans to change the world.
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