REVIEW: Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night
Author: Vicki Delany

The busy season is getting started in Rudolph, NY where it's Christmas-time all year around. Things in town start picking up steam in the days before Thanksgiving and don't let up one bit til after New Year's Day. Merry Wilkinson is busy with her shop, Mrs. Claus' Treasures, but she's also helping her mother with a reunion of her college friends. It's the first time the entire group has been together in decades....but the visit is a disaster. The old friends constantly bicker among themselves and make snide comments to each other. It gets steadily worse until one of them is poisoned at dinner...and dies. Now it's not just personality conflicts....but murder. Merry is on the case to find out which one of the old friends is a killer.....

I enjoy this series! I love the holidays, and a cozy series centered around a town that celebrates the season all year around is just fun! What's not to love about a town where Main Street is actually named Jingle Bell Lane? So cute!

Silent Night, Deadly Night is the 4th book in Year-Round Christmas Mystery series. The story kept my attention from beginning to end. The mystery progressed at a nice pace and had me guessing about the killer's identity and motive. I wasn't too surprised at the ending/reveal....but felt satisfied. All in all, a very enjoyable cozy mystery!

Vicki Delany also writes several other mystery series including the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mysteries and the Klondike Mystery series. I will definitely keep reading the Year-Around Christmas Mystery books. Quirky, enjoyable characters.....a cute dog....and Christmas. :) Love it!

**I voluntarily read a review copy of this book from Berkley via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**