Hemlock for the Holidays: 3 (A Fine Art Mystery)

As Lonesome Valley kicks off the holiday season with its annual parade artist Amanda Trent embraces the Christmas spirit happy that her family will be coming to town to celebrate the season with her and her loyal pets Laddie a friendly golden retriever and Mona Lisa an independent calico cat.Amanda has just one nagging concern: her art sales have stalled so her checking account is starting to look a bit puny. Her financial woes pale though in comparison to her concern when several people eat carrot bars laced with hemlock at the high schools arts and crafts fair resulting in one unlucky mans death. Was the poisoning an accident or did someone with evil intent deliberately spike the sweet baked goods?Leads the police follow dont pan out until Amanda puts the puzzle together. But sometimes knowledge can be a dangerous thing. . .