Its not all snowflakes and sugarplums when murder crashes Taylorsfords first Winterfest in the eighth installment of the Blue Ridge Library series, perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Ellery Adams. Returning to her role as an amateur detective is the last thing library director Amy Muir wants. Shes already buried under an avalanche of responsibilities, including sharing the directorship of the local public library, parenting her holiday-obsessed five-year-old twins, and helping her choreographer husband, Richard, present The Nutcracker as part of the towns festivities. With her frosty mother-in-law, Fiona, visiting for the holidays, Amy definitely has enough on her Christmas cookie plate. But when the chair of the festival committee is found as dead as Dickenss proverbial doornail at the towns ice rink, Amy is determined to uncover the real perpetrator to protect her brother-in-law, Ethan Payne, who was placed at the scene. The clock is ticking down as Sheriff Brad Tucker is equally sure that Ethan is guilty. Its beginning to look a lot like the murderer hasnt wrapped up his killing spree, and now, it might just be lights out on the holiday festivities--and on Amys life.