Decked with Folly - Kate Kingsbury

In this mystery in Kate Kingsbury's cozy series, the Pennyfoot Hotel is decked out in holiday style, but when things start to go awry,Cecily Sinclair Baxterlearns that not everyone's been nice this year

When one of Cecily's candlesticks disappears, she realizes someone is lacking in Christmas spirit. But petty thievery seems the least of her problems after she learns a former employee has been found dead in her duck pond. He hasn't worked at the Pennyfoot in years, but his ex-wife is still their head maid-and she heads the list of suspects.

Now a killer and a thief must be taken off the guest list in order to put the merry back into Christmas...

Kate Kingsbury is a full-time writer and the author of the Pennyfoot HotelMysteries, set in Edwardian England; the Manor House Mysteries, set in an English village during World War 2; and the Merry Ghost Inn Mysteries, a contemporary series set at a bed and breakfast on the Oregon coast. Born in London, England, she now lives in the United States.

Praise for Decked with Folly

"A series that has become a dependable holiday classic, Decked with Folly provides the right amount of merriment and Victorian charm mixed with murder and mayhem."-The Mystery Reader

"Full of twists and turns, just as a good mystery should be...I was thoroughly charmed by this delightful story."-Fresh Fiction