A Merry Little Murder

The Christmas tree donated to St. Anne's Hospital is artificial...but the explosives concealed in its trunk are alive and tick...tick...ticking. Who planted the bomb that wreaks havoc in the rural community of Rhineberg, Illinois? A frustrated employee fired by St. Anne's despised administrator? A student terrorist from the town's Bruck University? Or Rhineburg newcomer Caroline Rhodes, a nurse with a suspicious past who survived the explosion, but refuses to discuss it? Tagged as a suspect by the police, Caroline accepts the help of history professor Carl Atwater to cut through a maze of conflicting stories, red herrings, and downright lies and bring a cold-hearted killer to justice.


Genre: Cozy Mystery