Sadie is getting ready for her children, her husband's children and all the grandchildren to come to visit for Christmas. In the midst of her busy preparations, she takes time to visit an elderly friend, Mary, who is in a care center and dying of cancer. During the visit Mary tells Sadie about the vintage ornaments on her Christmas tree and Sadie is astounded to find out how valuable they are. The next day some of the ornaments are stollen, and Sadie, who used to be a private invistigator, sets aside her busy Christmas preparations to try to find them before Mary discovers that they are missing and it ruins her last earthly Christmas.
Here is a very mild cozy mystery to start off your Christmas reading. Nobody get's killed, nobody even yells at another person. Kilpack sprinkles the story with some funny scenes, and some touching family reunions. Of course, there are recipes at the end of each chapter, but the audio book doesn't read through them. They are suposedly available from an attached pdf but I didn't try to find them. This isn't the first book about Sadie, and I would be willing to read the first one, but sadly it is not available in audio on Libby. (sigh) (2019, 320 pages)
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