Deck the Halls with Murder

Christmas is a month away and Josie Pigeon, owner of Island Contracting, wants the current construction finished before the holidays start. Her all female crew are working exceptionally hard to accomplish Josie's quest. However, winter turns extremely cold when one of the carpenters, Caroline Albrecht, becomes ill while eating a sandwich. The ambulance rushes Caroline to the hospital, but she dies from food poisoning anyway. Law enforcement official Mike Rodney arrests Josie's friend Betty Patrick. Though Josie knows that one of her employees most likely killed Caroline, she refuses to accept that Betty could have done the deed. Instead, she wonders if Caroline's carpentry partner Layne could have done in her buddy or if someone else, with a hidden agenda nobody knows about, be the perp. Josie begins to investigate what happened to her star carpenter even if it means delaying the completion of the project and placing her own life in jeopardy. The fourth Josie Pigeon amateur sleuth mysteries, DECK THE HALLS WITH MURDER, is a fun to read cozy that highlights that women can skillfully perform tasks that are predominantly found in male jobs. The delightful characters are witty and the island atmosphere adds a feeling of serenity even in the midst of murder. Valerie Wolzien, author of the Susan Henshaw mysteries, continues to provide her fans with interesting gender bending who-done-its that entertain the reader.Harriet Klausner