Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 10/31/2022 + 1032 more book reviews

16th in the series, a pleasant way to spend a few hours with familiar characters and a bit of a mystery to solve. Also contains an unsubtle lecture on the perils of distracted driving. Maron does make the point that this is a small town, but it seems really, really small this time - everyone is either related or went to high school together or both, and there are a lot of characters. Plus someone integral to the mystery shows up in the last 3 pages. This one, like almost all the others, has a lot of detail about Deborah's family - where they go, what they eat, what she wears - and because it's the holiday season it's all intensified. Sometimes, and this is one of them, I quite like all the extraneous bits. If you like the series, you'll like this one, and if you're not familiar with it, start with an earlier entry.

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