Hemlock for the Holidays
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Publisher Description
As Lonesome Valley kicks off the holiday season with its annual parade, artist Amanda Trent embraces the Christmas spirit, happy that her family will be coming to town to celebrate the season with her and her loyal pets, Laddie, a friendly golden retriever, and Mona Lisa, an independent calico cat.
Amanda has just one nagging concern: her art sales have stalled, so her checking account is starting to look a bit puny. Her financial woes pale, though, in comparison to her concern when several people eat carrot bars laced with hemlock at the high school's arts and crafts fair, resulting in one unlucky man's death. Was the poisoning an accident, or did someone with evil intent deliberately spike the sweet baked goods?
Leads the police follow don't pan out until Amanda puts the puzzle together. But, sometimes, knowledge can be a dangerous thing. . .
Customer Reviews
Paula Darnell’s Hemlock for the Holidays
Lonesome Valley, Arizona is the new home
for Amanda Trent. She is a divorcee in her
fifties. She is now living the life of an artist.
She has become a part of the Roadrunner
Gallery in town and runs an alternate Friday
night open house tour.
Amanda is working a shift at the
Roadrunner’s booth at the annual Christmas
craft fair at the local high school. When she
is finished her time and leaving to go home
she notices several ambulances going to
the high school. What is happening?
Turns out several people were poisoned from
bake goods brought at the fair. No one can
trace back who brought them to the fair.
But worse than that Amanda goes with her
friend at her request to visit a local artist at
his home.
They find him….Dead. There are crumbs in
his kitchen from the poisoned bake goods.
It is discovered that the poison is hemlock.
An intriguing murder mystery with a steady
stream of suspense, thrills, chills plus
diversion that keep the plot flowing at a
fast paced from beginning to end.
The fur babies, Mona Lisa the cat and
Laddie the dog added to the story.
With family coming for Christmas, hopefully
the culprit will be found before the holiday.
This is book # 3 in the Fine Art Mysteries
series. It can be read as a stand alone as
the author provides enough backstory with
the present.
A Highly Recommended Read!!!
I volunteered to read Homicide for the
Holidays. Thanks to the Cozy Mystery Review
Crew for the opportunity. My opinion is
voluntary and is my own.
Great series!
Hemlock for the Holidays is book #3 in the Fine Art Mystery series by Paula Darnell.
Amanda is getting ready for her kids and parents coming to visit for Christmas while worrying about a lack of sales of her artwork. She has a lot going on and then people get sick at a crafts fair.
I find Amanda to be very relatable - the finances, the being uncomfortable selling her art, the love for her pets. She has great friends and an interesting profession. The mystery was interesting and there were plenty of suspects to keep you guessing.
I received a copy of this book from BookSprout and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.