"This appealing--if murder-prone--world is a splendid place to spend
a bit of the holiday season."--Publishers Weekly
Christmas has come to Cabot Cove, but a peaceful holiday season is not
in the cards after Jessica Fletcher is pulled into a centuries-old
mystery in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series.
With work on the reconstruction of her beloved home almost complete,
Jessica Fletcher is in high holiday spirits, spearheading the annual
Christmas parade and preparing for her nephew Grady and his family to
come to town. The only thing dampening the holiday cheer is the
discovery of two sets of bones on Jessica's property: one set ancient,
the other only about a year old. It's concluded that they were both
placed there during the reconstruction, and Jessica suspects that,
despite the centuries between them, the remains might be connected.
Soon tabloid reporter Tad Hollenbeck arrives in Cabot Cove to write a
story about what he calls "the murder capital of the country." But when
Tad himself is murdered, Jessica speculates that his arrival, his death,
and the discovery of the bones are all somehow linked.
As Jessica digs deeper to find the connection between the bones and
Tad's murder, everything seems to come back to a mystery that has long
plagued Cabot Cove. If she wants to solve the case, she'll need to delve
into her beloved town's dark history, or else this holiday season may be
her last....
