About the Book:
Detective Kylie "KC" Cassidy's career wilts like a thirsty poinsettia in the Florida heat. When a councilman is found dead during Christmas week, KC must solve this high-profile case before the New Year's Eve fireworks or face unemployment.
As she delves deeper, more bodies surface like unwanted gifts. KC is running out of time, the clock ticking down as though in a twisted Advent calendar.
Just when she thinks it’s over, the tables turn. Will she survive the ordeal and save her career, or will this be her last Christmas?
My Review:
This is an entertaining and well written novella. It has a good heroine in Detective “KC” Cassidy. Baumgartner provides a good balance of police procedure and KC's personal life. A murder sets the stage and the action continues as KC investigates.
I have read all of Baumgartner's Mirror Estate series, full length novels. Of all her fiction, I have liked this novella the best. The plot is not as complex as in her Mirror Estate series, and is easy to follow. There is good police procedure and sufficient suspense. There are not so many characters, as has been the case in her full length novels. I think Baumgartner has found her best subject for fiction in a regular police procedure. I really liked this short work from her and hope it is the beginning of a new series featuring KC.
My rating: 4/5 stars.
You can read my review of the most recent novel in Baumgartner's Mirror Estate series, Hidden Secrets.
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(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)
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