The Christmas Market should keep Mae Cassidy Reeves busy enough. There are author signings to arrange, gifts to wrap, and customers coming through her bookshop. A tampered candy cane delivery gives her something else to deal with: an envelope addressed to her, an old photograph, and a brass key.
The Candy Cane Secret begins the Pine Grove Christmas Mysteries, and an advance reader copy is now available through BookSirens. If you enjoy clean mysteries with small-town warmth and family secrets, this is an invitation to visit Pine Grove before the December 8 release.
Mae is a retired attorney as well as a bookshop owner. Following these clues takes her beyond the Christmas Market to a respected local charity and people she thought she knew. Former intelligence officer Cyrus Jagers and his German shepherd are alongside her as a Christmas Eve hit-and-run comes back into view.
The questions get more personal when security footage shows a woman who resembles Mae’s sister-in-law, missing and presumed dead for twenty-five years. Familiar faces offer carefully worded answers. Records are harder to find than they should be. Mae has to work out who is still protecting an old crime.
Want to read early? Visit The Candy Cane Secret on BookSirens to read the description and check the current review-copy availability, format, and reading deadline before requesting it.
An advance copy is for readers willing to share an honest review. There’s no need to write a long essay or aim for a particular rating. A few specific, spoiler-free thoughts about your reading experience can help someone else decide whether the book is for them.
And if your reading list is already full, that’s fine too. Pine Grove will be waiting when you have room for a Christmas mystery.