Mabel and the Unholy Night

Author: Susan K. Wright
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Series: Mysteries of Medicine Spring #4
Pages: 314
Release Date: October 20, 2024
Publisher: Mountain Brook Ink

Faithful dog Barnacle has run off into a snowstorm, disrupting Mabel's fun outing at the Christmas tree farm. Things don't improve much when he reappears...with a human skull.

Since Mabel moved into her late grandma's house, the sleepy village of Medicine Spring has provided clean air, a close-knit community, and charming small-town shops. To her surprise, it's also offered up several murders-and romance with a handsome private investigator. Now, Barnacle's discovery plunges Mabel into the mystery surrounding a decades-old unsolved murder and the disappearance of her friend Nita's great uncle.

Before Mabel, boyfriend John, and her friends can find answers and bring justice for Nita and her family, more complications develop. Incredibly, a sixty-year-old Christmas card arrives, bearing Mabel's name and address and containing a plea for help. Are the mysteries related?

While Mabel tries to get to the bottom of these strange events, a second suspicious death casts suspicion on Nita. Can Mabel find the real killer in time? Or will her Christmas season end on an unholy night?

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Reviewer: Elizabeth Eckmeyer

​This is the first book I have read in this series and I'm honestly going to be reading the rest of them! This was the funniest mystery I have read. Mable is a lawyer who was let go from her job. She just inherited her deceased grandmother's house and is working on cleaning up the house. 

Her and her boyfriend John are picking out a Christmas tree and Mable's dog Barnacle discovers a human skull. This cracks open a 65-year-old case. Everyone in town is involved and memories are also cracked open. 

Nita, Mable's childhood friend has discovered that this body being found is close to home. Nita, Mable, John, and Mable's other childhood friend Lisa put all they have into finding out what happened. 

This is such a fun story. I laughed through most of it. The characters are all so delightful and funny. It's a small-town story where all the characters make the town. I definitely enjoyed this story and if Mable was real I would definitely want her as a friend. 

I received a complimentary copy courtesy of Mountain Brook Ink through Interviews & Reviews for my honest opinion.

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