<p>A ski holiday with friends at a mountain resort. What could possibly go wrong?<br><br>It's supposed to be the engaged couple's vacation from sleuthing instead they are confronted with a murder at the isolated hotel. Aside from their party the guests are strangers to each other. And the victim was new to the area so who shot him and why?<br><br>Rumors of a kidnap plot from an eccentric author a Russian ex-pat pining for the old days of the Empire and a feuding staff add to the confusion of motives. With the help of the local sheriff they discover a cache of money but then a young woman goes missing.<br><br>Can Amanda and Brendan make sense of the seemingly unconnected clues and get back on the slopes before Christmas?<br><br>CHRISTMAS MURDER ON THE SLOPES is the fast-paced 7th book in the Massachusetts Cozy Mystery series with Amanda Burnside and Detective Brendan Halloran. In the spirit of the golden age of mysteries you'll devour this story with a spunky sleuth set in the 1930s.</p>