A CHRISTMAS CONUNDRUM 
A Liz Adams Mystery Series: Book 3
Publication Date: November 1, 2023
Nancy Drew meets How the Grinch Stole Christmas in this delightful cozy mystery set in Charleston, SC.
Who’s stealing the holiday decorations? They’re disappearing like Christmas cookies from PeggyLou Designs, and Lou’s newly launched event planning service is in trouble. He implores his neighbor and friend, Private Investigator Liz Adams, to bring the thief to justice.
The clock is ticking. It’s only ten days until the mayor’s big holiday celebration. The party that will make or break Lou’s business.
Liz’s mom, Babs, steps in to help, and the investigation becomes complicated. Suddenly the holidays are not all mistletoe and merriment when Bab’s life is threatened. Will Liz and her lie-detecting Labrador retriever, Duke, discover the perpetrator before it’s too late?
Experience Charleston in the city’s full Christmas glory in this fun fast-paced holiday story.
A Christmas Conundrum by Stacy Wilder is the third book in the Liz Adams Mystery series. I read the second book, Carmel Conundrum, and this was a nice continuation but is easily a stand-alone book.
A Christmas Conundrum is a fun holiday cozy mystery set in Charleston with many Christmas happenings and activities. We are reunited with many of the characters we’ve met before and additional supporting characters who add another layer to the story. Many crimes need to be solved, and Liz is a PI who is front and center along with her best friend, Lou, whose business is affected by the theft of the holiday decorations. Liz’s mom, Babs, is visiting for Christmas and helping at Lou’s business and sleuthing beside her daughter.
Multiple stories are told, and some political machinations and shenanigans are going on, but the current mayor and his wife are being hurt by some of the crimes as well. The story has a good flow as we go from one thread to another. Multiple suspects need to be ruled out as we find out whodunnit.
There were a few scary moments for Liz and her mom as they dug deeper than the cops to discover the criminal(s) behind the thefts and other crimes. I enjoyed the descriptions of the city as well as the small businesses. The whodunnit wasn’t a surprise, but the story wrapped up quickly at the end without the details I sought.
A Christmas Conundrum is a holiday whodunnit that may help you get in the Christmas spirit with so many activities and holiday events.
Stacy Wilder has traveled to six out of seven continents Books have shaped her life and her travels. Her love of mysteries began with Nancy Drew.
A Christmas Conundrum is the third book in the riveting Liz Adams Mystery series. In addition to mysteries, Stacy writes children’s stories, short stories, and poetry. She and her husband live in Houston, Texas, with a totally spoiled Labrador retriever, Eve.
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