Good story involving the Christmas holidays, an impending wedding, a nor'easter storm, death threats, murder, and even attempted murder! So many things ready to interfere with the holiday wedding. Add to the tumult a troupe of ballerinas and we have a holiday blast. I recommend this book. It was slow, at points, and I read other books at those points.. However, enjoyable enough for me to try another one.

I received a free ARC copy for an honest review.

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This was another hit in the 4th Christmas Tree Farm Mysteries. This sets the mood for the Christmas season! A wedding, murder and Christmas theme town. This series has all the making for a wonderful cozy mystery it is a must!

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First and foremost, HUGE THANK YOU to Jacqueline Frost (a.k.a. Cozy Queen Julie Anne Lindsey), Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for this advanced copy of Stalking Around the Christmas Tree (out 10/17/23 - pre-order it now!)! Secondly, Ho, Ho, Ho-ly wow! What an excellent addition to the Christmas Tree Farm mystery series! I never want this series to end!

In this installment, Holly White prepares for her wedding day on top of trying to solve the fourth murder to plague her small town of Mistletoe; hopefully before Sheriff/fiancé Evan Grey figures it all out first. But murder isn’t the only mystery these two are trying to solve before the big day and they’ll need to bring all our favorite characters together to figure it out in time.

I cannot adequately put into words how much I loved this book! Definitely the best one in the series so far and I look forward to re-reading this series ever holiday season. There’s nothing I didn’t love about this book! From the main couple, to all the side characters, to the Reindeer Games I just want to crawl into this book and live forever in their world (once all the murderers are locked up of course😉).

If you’re looking for a cozy holiday mystery and/or a gift for a book lover this holiday season (or any time of year) look no further! Buy a copy for you and a friend today 🤓

Please Note: I received an advance copy for an honest review.

Follow the heroine as she works to make a successful Winter Festival, a profitable holiday season at the family B&B and bake shop, plus plan a wedding and solve a murder.

One of my favorite cozy mystery series. I love the setting which sadly limits it to one book a year except it would be interesting to hear about life in the off season. This is already one of my book club picks for my cozy mystery book club.

Stalking Around the Christmas Tree is the 4th book in Jacqueline Frost’s Christmas Tree Farm Mystery series but is easily read as a standalone. This series takes place in fictional Mistletoe, Maine, a Christmas themed town, but the theme isn’t so over the top that it’s unbelievable. Detailed descriptions of people and places made me feel like I was right there in Mistletoe, watching the action. Well-developed characters, plenty of humor and clever plotting make this an engaging read. As this series is written by one of my favorite authors, I am very excited that it is continuing. I enjoyed this book very much and recommend it to all cozy readers.

Thanks to Crooked Lane Books for providing an advance copy, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

This fourth book in the cozy Christmas Tree Farm Mystery series set in Mistletoe, Maine is yet another outstanding installment in what is one of my favorite mystery series.

Holly, the B&B innkeeper on her family's Reindeer Games has to juggle dealing with the visiting ballet company members staying at the B&B to perform in the Nutcracker, her rapidly approaching Christmas Eve wedding, the busy holiday season, and, of course, solving a murder.

Everything I love about Christmas mysteries is in this series. Seasonal traditions aplenty, along with likeable characters who, after four books in the series, feel like old friends,

Absolutely love this cozy Christmas mystery!! Highly recommended!!

Stalking Around the Christmas Tree is the fourth book in the Christmas Tree Farm Mysteries by Jacqueline Frost. The mystery was solid, exciting, and kept me on my toes. I enjoyed the small-town setting and the main location of this book being a Christmas Tree Farm named Reindeer Games.

Holly is a fantastic, down-to-earth heroine. She's now the innkeeper at the new B&B on Reindeer Games' property. This year’s special guests are a ballet troupe. The state’s ballet company is performing The Nutcracker, as well as taking part in the holiday parade. When one of the ballerina’s is found dead on the float and an incriminating clue left behind, Holly, once again, dons her sleuthing cap. She has a killer to reveal.

I loved Stalking Around the Christmas Tree. The murder isn’t the only theme in the book, giving the book realism. The romance between Holly and Evan, the sheriff, doesn't overshadow the mystery. I love their chemistry.

The author's writing style is fluid, the pacing is perfect, and the story is so easy to read that when I reached the end, I couldn’t believe I was done already. I found myself engaged and completely captivated in the story from the very beginning. The author provided excellent imagery, character development, and a great story. I really enjoyed Slashing Through the Snow and highly recommend the entire series.

A Cozy Christmas Mystery

Having read the previous 3 books in this series, I was excited to be able to read and review a 4th. tome!
I was not disappointed! This time, Holly White is actually getting married…I dislike mystery series where the heroine doesn’t seem to make up her mind as to whom (or if) she would like to marry. No spoilers here, but I am glad that the romantic side of things has been addressed.

Besides the wedding plans at Christmastime (really? Isn’t there enough stress at that time of year?), there is an intriguing plot with many red herrings and quite a few LOL moments, which I appreciate.

I like Ms. Frost’s style of writing, and I enjoyed catching up with old friends from the books before.

I highly recommend this book…if you read it at Christmastime, it will be even more meaningful and help you celebrate the season with a great cozy book. If you haven’t read the previous 3 books, you should get them and read them before this 4th. installment, however, it can be read as a stand-alone.

Thank you Net Galley and Crooked Lane Books for allowing me to read an advance readers’ copy that I could review.

I received an unedited ARC (advanced reader copy) in exchange for my honest review.
This is the newest book in one of my absolute favorite cozy mystery series! Jacqueline Frost is an amazing writer!!
Ms Frost always does such a brilliant job of grabbing the reader from the very first page. She creates a vivid picture of all the scenes. I have been in love with this town and characters since the very first book.
As a fan of the series and the cast of the book, I was delighted to go back to Mistletoe, Maine again.
In this wonderful Christmas themed volume!
Holly and her family are such fun. The employees of the Christmas Tree Farm are so much fun. I love them all! This book is another great one. I have always loved the Nutcracker so this inclusion of that in this book was a delight. What can I say about Sheriff Evan Gray. I always wanted a guy like him for a boyfriend :)
The 2 of them and their wedding is something I've been looking forward to.since the first book!
Holly, as usual, just can't seem to help herself when it comes to solving a mystery. Even tho Evan is always warning her to stay out of it.
With a ballet troupe staying at the inn, the head dancer is murdered, causing Holly to spring into action to "help" Evan!
The snow, the Christmas holiday setting, and murder! Yup it's a great ride yet again!
I highly recommend this book and author (who writes under a few different names) to anyone looking for a fun, atmospheric, brilliantly written cozy!

It's no mystery that I love Holly white and Mistletoe, Maine! I reread or listen to these books every Christmas season and was thrilled to hear of another installment in the series.
The setting of Mistletoe sounds Hallmark perfect...a tree farm, cheerful holiday shops, a cast of quirky characters, but it has one major flaw..annual holiday murders!
This time Holly is a week away from her big winter wedding during the busiest time of year when the lead Nutcracker ballerina shows up dead in a snow globe.
As usual, Holly inserts herself and her sleuthing skills into the mix (much to the dismay of her fiance, sheriff Evan Gray) and attempts to crack the case.
Holly and company have become some of my favorite and most beloved characters. This new story in the tree farm mysteries has not disappointed and will keep you guessing to the end. A festive whodunit with a setting and characters that will keep you coming back for more and dreaming that the Mistletoe and Reindeer Games tree farm of these stories were a place you could actually visit during the holiday season.

Stuffed with everything Christmasy and a bewildering mystery to solve centered around a ballerina’s death make this a cozy mystery that should be on your Wish List! Protagonist Holly White’s family owns Reindeer Games tree farm which includes the Hearth Cafe, and the Inn Holly runs. Holly’s booked with several members of a ballet group that’s in Mistletoe performing The Nutcracker for several nights. When the lead ballerina is murdered, it sets up a jolly good mystery to puzzle out before Holly and her sheriff fiancé, Evan’s Christmas Eve wedding.

If you’ve followed this wonderful series from the beginning, you know that Author Jacqueline Frost is a master at plotting mysteries. Her pacing is great, the descriptions of games, festivities, food, drinks, characters, the town, and the weather (to name a few) are always marvelous. This story is a delight to savor. The entertainment never ends until the final page!

A second, smaller mystery involves Libby, Evan’s sister, and a crime family out for revenge, and it’s intriguing, as well. I have many favorite characters in this book and they’re all together this time for the wedding. A new and very handsome ex-military man, Zane, is introduced and he’s kind of mysterious.

I immensely enjoyed the clever plot, the snowy setting, the beguiling characters and the happy ending. I sincerely hope this wonderful series continues. I highly recommend to cozy mystery readers.

I honestly reviewed an unedited digital arc provided by NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books. All opinions are my own.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I would've read this book regardless as this is a favorite author and series of mine.
The author does an amazing job of drawing the reader in early on. She uses her words to set the scene in this quaint town of Mistletoe with a cast of quirky characters you can't help but love. Her character development is top notch. You don't have to read the prior books to enjoy this one, but I encourage you to do so. You will really appreciate her characters even more so if you do. There is plenty of action with our main character to keep your attention as well as some intrigue and romance from supporting characters. The ending is wrapped up nicely with a Christmas bow. I was very excited when the author announced this installment was coming and I am hoping there will be more in this series. The author really makes her characters feel like family by the end of the book.

The town of Mistletoe feels like an adult trip to the North Pole and I’m not mad at it. This story has it all: snow, The Nutcracker, a wedding and of course another unfortunate death for Holly and the gang to investigate. The Reindeer Games Inn always sounds like a picturesque place to stay for the holidays. Thank you to the author and the publisher for an advanced copy to read and review. All opinions are my own.

Stalking Around the Christmas Tree is everything I didn't know I needed in a Christmas-time murder mystery. The main characters are not perfect but are all likeable, and the setting of the town is described in such perfect detail for it to really give off the best Christmas vibes. There are two mysteries going on at once, and details for them were given quite well and the story was paced well so it didn't feel like too much was going on at a time. We also got answers for both mysteries by the end, and I wasn't left feeling like there were any loose ends that still hadn't been wrapped up.
Overall, this book was a nice and easy read, one that I think would be perfect around Christmas and that gives off Christmas movie vibes in a book in the best way.

Another year, another Christmas time murder to test Holly Winter’s patience in the fourth Christmas Tree Mystery. Throw in a stalker and a northeaster on the way to also add stress to the most wonderful time of the year made even more special by her upcoming nuptials to Mistletoe’s sheriff and you have all of the makings of a very entertaining read.

Stalking around the Christmas Tree is the fourth book in the Christmas Tree Farm series by Jacqueline Frost. It did not disappoint! Frost is the best at combining mystery, romance and feel good small town communities into amazing stories. I will always read any stories she writes. This is a perfect Christmas time read!

I absolutely love this book. Another amazing book by Jacqueline Frost. I highly recommend. She is one of my favorite authors.

Stalking Around the Christmas Tree is the fourth book in the Christmas Farm Mystery series however it can be read as a standalone, it just may take some time figuring out how every character is connected to each other. This is a small town, cosy mystery and an easy quick read wit fun quirky characters. The mystery wasn't too dark or gory although it is a murder mystery so can be good for a range of audiences or for anyone wanting to get into mystery books. This is generally just a great mystery to read.

This is the only book of the series but didn’t feel like I missed anything by not reading the preceding books. I loved the idea of a Christmas themed town and cozy mystery. The characters were charming as was the town they lived in.
I really enjoyed reading this story.

Thank you to the Author, Publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and give an unbiased review of this story.