num_pages: 320
description: This Christmas Sadie Hoffmiller Cunningham is making a list and checking it twice. For the first time since she and Pete married five years ago their combined families are gathering for the holidays in Fort Collins Colorado for a party that would make Santa and Mrs. Claus proud.She just has to bake the famous Cunningham Candy Cane Cake make sure the looming snowstorm doesn't derail everyone's travel plans and oh yes solve one teensy-tiny mystery before the big day.At ninety-four and nearly blind Mary Sadie's friend and neighbor knows this will be her last Christmas. When Sadie learns that someone has stolen antique Christmas ornaments from Mary's tree she vows to find the thief no matter what. The ornaments had been appraised at more than $40000 but they were worth even more to Mary who had intended to bequeath them to her great-granddaughter Joy as a final gift.With Pete in Arizona wrapping up a case of his own it's up to Sadie to question the residents of Nicholas House where Mary lives and deduce who had the means and the motive to steal heirloom ornaments during what should be the most wonderful time of the year.When stories of other thefts surface Sadie feels like she's creating a naughty list that could rival Santa's. Identifying the thief recovering the ornaments and restoring them to Mary's tree in time will take a Christmas miracleand maybe a few extra-special cookies.
language: English
title: The Candy Cane Caper
publisher: Shadow Mountain