Barbara D'Amato: Hard Christmas

From the Publisher
When journalist-turned-sleuth Cat Marsala finds shady dealings on the DeGraaf Christmas tree farm and a fresh corpse turns up, she is sure that the family closet is full of other skeletons and becomes determined to get to the bottom of it all.

"D'Amato's fine writing, clever plot twists, and quick wit, her nicely understated but telling comments on the vagaries of human nature, and most of all, her appealing heroine make this book a perfect holiday read." (Booklist)

Barbara D'Amato: Hard Christmas. Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN: 0425154653 (November, 1996), 288 p., $5.99