The Giving Tree
Charlotte Dean Mysteries #5
Phillipa Nefri Clark
Reviewed by Helen
I am back in one of my favourite small towns, Kingfisher Falls for another Christmas story, it has been one year since Charlotte moved to Kingfisher Falls and she is loving it, there have been a few ups and downs in the past year murder, mayhem and mysteries that Charlotte cannot help getting involved in but her love for the local policeman Trevor is just growing. This year Charlotte is doing her best to bring joy to the locals and increase the people through the town with her giving tree promotion, this is a beauty of a story, and I loved it.
Charlotte is putting a lot into the giving tree promotion and the local traders are hoping to bring the town alive again and Christmas is for giving, all is going well although Jonas is still the mayor until some of the gift cards are stolen in broad daylight as well as one of the trees, and Charlotte is not going to let this go no matter how much Trev wants her to stay out of things, there is a lot of pressure coming from the council and threats are made, so some investigating will need to be done.
Trevor has a new constable, Koby in town hoping this will give him more time to spend with Charlie, Trevor loves Charlie but trying to find the right moment to propose is not easy and when Charlie gets a letter from the medical board, this leaves another blip in Trev’s quest to pop the question and with trouble brewing over the Christmas promotion he has been very busy and of course Charlie is there helping.
This is a beautiful romance, mystery story and Trev and Charlie just really need to be together their love is so strong and wonderful and there were many happy tears from me. Another mystery that had me cheering Charlie on big time she is such a super sleuth, she has big decisions to make and is now finally strong enough to do so and very happily after all she has been through. Being back in this town with all of the characters that I have gotten to know in the first four books was awesome, this town has the best locals loving, caring and always there for each other and when they join together to beat the baddies it is the best.
I can’t highly recommend this story and series enough, they are beautifully written, moving, filled with real life emotions and people, people I would call friends now, the town appears to have been cleaned up of the baddies and the good are left, I hear this is the last in the series and it will be very hard to say goodbye.
Thank you MS Clark for another keeper, I truly loved it and for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
Published November 28th 2020
