Murder Under the Mistletoe: a Snowfall Sleuth Mystery Snowfall Sleuth Mysteries Book

Holly Wintergreen traded her soul-crushing corporate job for something sweeter—running Pinecrest Tree Farm in the charming town of Winterhaven. For three years, she’s grown the perfect Christmas trees and built a life she loves, complete with her loyal golden retriever, Spruce. But when the town’s ruthless real estate developer, Richard Ashford, is found dead among her Fraser firs just days before Christmas, Holly becomes the prime suspect. After all, their very public argument about Richard’s relentless pressure to buy her farm was witnessed by half the town, and the poison came from her own barn.Determined to clear her name and save the farm she’s worked so hard to build, Holly teams up with her enthusiastic teenage helper, Jessie, to investigate. What she uncovers is a tangled web of desperate motives—Richard had been destroying businesses, manipulating people, and making enemies at every turn. From the café owners fighting bogus health violations to the craftsman buried in fraudulent lawsuits, everyone in Winterhaven had reason to want Richard gone. With the bank threatening to foreclose and the sheriff’s patience wearing thin, Holly must untangle the truth before she loses everything.As the December snow falls and Christmas approaches, Holly races against time to find the real killer hiding among Winterhaven’s holiday cheer. In this delightfully twisty cozy mystery filled with small-town charm, quirky characters, and plenty of heart, one woman discovers that solving murder is a lot harder than growing the perfect Christmas tree—but the stakes have never been higher. Pour yourself some cocoa and settle in for a festive whodunit that will keep you guessing until the very last page.