I’ll Be Home for Mischief

Holly has a feeling that her hometown of Mistletoe, ME, is headed for the best Christmas ever. To be fair, the annual Christmas crime spree that has taken place for the past four years means the bar is not very high. Still, with the town’s sesquicentennial celebration and her mom’s attempt at a world-record gingerbread bake, there is plenty to look forward to. When the body of a member of Mistletoe’s founding family is discovered in the gingerbread batter, however, it looks like Holly’s holiday tradition of being “oftentimes threatened and occasionally abducted” will continue. Frost presents the fifth in her “Christmas Tree Farm Mystery” series (after Stalking Around the Christmas Tree). Victims of her merry murders have been found in a snow globe, a sleigh, and other festive locations. Narrator Allyson Ryan returns as the established voice of Mistletoe and its upbeat inhabitants. Her expressive delivery, paired with the atmospheric and engaging narrative, yields a gentle, jolly holiday listen.