Murder Under the Mistletoe

Rosie A. Point delivers exactly what the cover promises — a fast, festive cozy with a small-town Maine Christmas setting and an amateur sleuth with a companion cat. AARP and The Cozy Owlet both featured it, which tells you the target reader clearly. But the plot is standard-issue for holiday cozies, the length leaves no room for character depth, and without prior entry-point knowledge in the series, some readers will feel like they dropped in mid-conversation.