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Ornaments & Outrage
(2025)(The first book in the Holly Hart Mystery series)
A novel by Wynn Valentine
Holly Hart thought she'd found the perfect Christmas ornament collection at an estate sale—until she discovered the USB drive hidden inside a silver bell.
But when antique dealer Marcus Whitfield turns up dead, surrounded by shattered ornaments from the same collection, Holly realizes she hasn't just bought vintage decorations. She's bought evidence that someone will kill for.
The discovery leads Holly and her team into a web of secrets spanning a century. In 1924, banker Theodore Ashton didn't just embezzle money—he documented other businessmen's crimes and hid the evidence in Christmas ornaments before fleeing town. Now someone in modern Millbrook Falls has been using Ashton's century-old secrets for blackmail, until their victims started fighting back.
With the Christmas Ornament Festival just days away and the killer systematically hunting down the remaining pieces, Holly must solve the case before the murderer completes their deadly collection.
Teaming up with Elena Rodriguez, a former FBI forensic accountant who's recently moved to town, Holly discovers that some Christmas treasures are worth dying for—and others are worth killing for.
But the killer knows Holly has the evidence they need. And they're running out of patience.
Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries with bite, small-town secrets, and heroines who refuse to back down when their community is threatened.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
But when antique dealer Marcus Whitfield turns up dead, surrounded by shattered ornaments from the same collection, Holly realizes she hasn't just bought vintage decorations. She's bought evidence that someone will kill for.
The discovery leads Holly and her team into a web of secrets spanning a century. In 1924, banker Theodore Ashton didn't just embezzle money—he documented other businessmen's crimes and hid the evidence in Christmas ornaments before fleeing town. Now someone in modern Millbrook Falls has been using Ashton's century-old secrets for blackmail, until their victims started fighting back.
With the Christmas Ornament Festival just days away and the killer systematically hunting down the remaining pieces, Holly must solve the case before the murderer completes their deadly collection.
Teaming up with Elena Rodriguez, a former FBI forensic accountant who's recently moved to town, Holly discovers that some Christmas treasures are worth dying for—and others are worth killing for.
But the killer knows Holly has the evidence they need. And they're running out of patience.
Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries with bite, small-town secrets, and heroines who refuse to back down when their community is threatened.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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