Unwrapped: An Appalachian Mountain Christmas Mystery - Paperback

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by Lynda McDaniel (Author)

"This is the first book I've read in this series, but it won't be the last! I loved it!" Jean Roehrs

Laurel Falls, N.C., Christmas 2012: The walnut dresser I bought my son sure brought a load of trouble. Not because one of the drawers kept sticking and the whole thing needed so much refinishing. No, I could handle that, what with being a woodworker most of my life. It was the diary hidden in a secret compartment for almost sixty year that turned everything upside down.

That diary was filled with stories of mistreatment and misfortune, stories that twisted up something inside of me. Especially because the teenage girl who wrote them stopped writing mid-sentence. Like someone grabbed her and took her away. Or killed her to keep secret what she'd written.

I just had to find out what happened to her. I knew what a lousy upbringing looked like, but even mine couldn't compare with what she'd faced. I needed to know she'd made it through, like I had.

The timing, though, couldn't have been worse: Christmastime and I had the boys that year. I was set on making it the best one yet, but with mean threats and truck chases and family feuds raining down on us, it was hard to squeeze in very much ho-ho-ho. And yet we did, sharing old memories and making new ones.

Della Kincaid stepped in, helping with our holiday celebrations and looking into that poor girl's whereabouts. Together we traveled through the mountains of North Carolina and up into Virginia, witnessing things I never wanted to see again while treasuring the everlasting beauty of the natural landscape. Abit Bradshaw

You'll enjoy this suspenseful Christmas mystery because who doesn't hope someone would care if they disappeared?

If you love Elly Griffiths, Sue Grafton, and William Kent Krueger, you're sure to enjoy the Appalachian Mountain Mysteries series.

Get it now-for the rich natural setting, colorful characters, and suspenseful investigations.

Unwrapped is the seventh book in the Appalachian Mountain Mysteries series and a standalone novel. The books in this series may be read in any order.

"I love this, and all the books in this series. This series is just too wonderful for words. The characters feel like family and I'm already missing them." Jean Matteson

Interview with the Author
Q: Where does this seventh book pick up in the lives of Abit Bradshaw and Della Kincaid?
A: It's three years after Abit and Della helped a man reclaim his identity in Up the Creek. Abit is feeling more content with his lot in life, doing his woodworking and enjoying the nature that surrounds him on his farm. Della, on the other hand, is feeling unsettled, bored even, with her life at Coburn's General Store.

Q: What's new in the series?
A: Abit's mission involves discovering who wrote the 60-year-old diary he discovered in a piece of furniture he's refinishing. He feels a strong connection with her difficult childhood. The entries are disturbing, and he has a strong need to make sure the young writer is okay all these years later.

"This is Lynda McDaniel's best book ever! I thoroughly inhabited it ... these folks have become so precious to me."

Number of Pages: 228

Dimensions: 0.52 x 8 x 5.25 IN

Publication Date: July 26, 2023