Trouble Under the Mistletoe by Rebecca Barrett

Item: Trouble Under the Mistletoe
Rating: 5
Author: BaronessMom

Posted December 23, 2022 by BaronessMom in #HolidayMystery, Mystery, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Trouble Under the Mistletoe

by Rebecca Barrett

Series: Trouble Cat Mysteries #4.5
Series Rating:

Published by KaliOka Press on November 24, 2017
Setting: Mississippi
Genres: Animal Romantic Traditional Mystery
Pages: 38
Format: Kindle
Goodreads
Bookhype
BookBub
Get Your Copy at: Amazon
Also in this series: Familiar Trouble , Trouble in Dixie , Trouble in Tallahassee , Trouble in Summer Valley, Small Town Trouble , Trouble's Wedding Caper, Trouble in Paradise , Turning for Trouble, Bone-a-fied Trouble , Trouble in Action, Trouble Most Faire, A Trouble'd Christmas

Trouble, the Sherlock of black cat detective, finds himself in Turnout, MS on Christmas Eve. Teddy Adamson, that heart breaker, has just walked back into Billie Dean Bailey’s life. But more dire happenings are going on under the mistletoe. Who ends up dead and why? Was it the maraschino cherries in the Tizzington sisters’ fruit compote? Or was it something more sinister? Find out in this short story of Trouble’s latest escapade in the Familiar Legacy Mystery Series.

Trouble Under the Mistletoe by Rebecca Barrett is a short holiday mystery. I love that we jump right in and take care of the problem all at a Christmas party.

Will Trouble find the culprits before Billie Dean is hurt?

Our black cat detective is vacationing in Turnout, Mississippi, with Billie Dean, Tammy’s cousin, for the holiday. Tammy is traveling and thinks Trouble would enjoy being with Billie Dean more.

Trouble is as elegant as ever. He knows which people to turn the charm on and which to ignore. I love how he alerts Billie Dean and Teddy to the clues and culprits. He is such an intelligent feline.

The Mystery and Romance

Billie Dean’s family car dealership is running on hard times, and things are going farther downhill. Yet, some shady things are happening at the dealership that may further affect their family lively hood. It all comes to a head when Scooter, the mechanic, is found dead on the side porch at the family Christmas party.

Billie Dean finds her second chance at love with Teddy when the theatrics at the party is completed. All of this was, of course, with the help of the black cat detective, Trouble.

Five Stars

My rating for Trouble Under the Mistletoe by Rebecca Barrett is five stars. Ms. Barrett starts us out fast, and for a holiday party, kept me on my toes with the amount that happens in such a short amount of time and pages. I have to say that I love the way everything turned out. If you are looking for something to read before your little ones are completely out. This is a good pick. I highly recommend this short story and all the Trouble Cat Mysteries.

Trouble Cat Mysteries

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Trouble Under the Mistletoe by Rebecca Barrett.

Until the next time,

About Rebecca Barrett

Rebecca Barrett writes historical fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction (writing as Campbell O’Neal), children’s stories, and short stories of life in the South. An avid reader all her life and a product of “front porch” socializing, she became a story-teller at an early age.

Her new writing project is a collaboration on the Familiar Legacy mystery series with Carolyn Haines and a group of talented writers that includes Claire Matturro, Susan Tanner, and Laura Benedict. Together they have created Trouble, son of Familiar, and a black cat sleuth to rival Sherlock Holmes. The series launched in July 2017 with Familiar Trouble, written by Haines, in honor of the birthday of Benedict Cumberbatch, the current reigning incarnation of Sherlock. Trouble in Paradise, by Rebecca Barrett, is the sixth book in the series.

Road’s End is a historical novel about the lives of three generations of the Carroll women. Helen Fitzgerald’s life changes when a dark, handsome Fenian enters her sphere. Her daughter and granddaughter each face a similar crisis when they are all confronted with a choice between the good man they love and the exciting stranger among them. It is a story that takes the reader from the South of 1900 America to the brink of WWII. It is a tale of dark secrets, passion, and damning consequences.

Reading this book contributed to these challenges: