{"product_id":"unwrapped-an-appalachian-mountain-christmas-mystery-paperback","title":"Unwrapped: An Appalachian Mountain Christmas Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynda McDaniel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is Lynda McDaniel's best book ever! I thoroughly inhabited it...these folks have become so precious to me.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurel Falls, N.C., Christmas 2012: \u003c\/b\u003e \"The walnut dresser I bought my son sure brought a load of trouble. Not because one of the drawers kept sticking and the whole thing needed so much refinishing. No, I could handle that, what with being a woodworker most of my life. It was the diary hidden in a secret compartment for almost sixty year that turned everything upside down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat diary was filled with stories of mistreatment and misfortune, stories that twisted up something inside of me. Especially because the teenage girl who wrote them stopped writing mid-sentence. Like someone grabbed her and took her away. Or killed her to keep secret what she'd written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI just had to find out what happened to her. I knew what a lousy upbringing looked like, but even mine couldn't compare with what she'd faced. I needed to know she'd made it through, like I had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe timing, though, couldn't have been worse: Christmastime and I had the boys that year. I was set on making it the best one yet, but with mean threats and truck chases and family feuds raining down on us, it was hard to squeeze in very much ho-ho-ho. And yet we did, sharing old memories and making new ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDella Kincaid stepped in, helping with our holiday celebrations and looking into that poor girl's whereabouts. Together we traveled through the mountains of North Carolina and up into Virginia, witnessing things I never wanted to see again while treasuring the everlasting beauty of the natural landscape.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Abit Bradshaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll enjoy this suspenseful Christmas mystery because who doesn't hope someone would care if they disappeared?\u003cp\u003eIf you love \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Winspear, Sue Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eCheryl Bradshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (no relation to Abit Bradshaw that we know of), you're sure to enjoy the Appalachian Mountain Mysteries series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGet it now-for the rich natural setting, colorful characters, and suspenseful investigations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnwrapped \u003c\/i\u003eis the seventh book in the Appalachian Mountain Mysteries series and a standalone novel. The books in this series may be read in any order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterview with the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQ: Where does this seventh book pick up in the lives of Abit Bradshaw and Della Kincaid?\u003cbr\u003eA: It's three years after Abit and Della helped a man reclaim his identity in \u003ci\u003eUp the Creek\u003c\/i\u003e. Abit is feeling more content with his lot in life, doing his woodworking and enjoying the nature that surrounds him on his farm. Della, on the other hand, is feeling unsettled, bored even, with her life at Coburn's General Store. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQ: What's new in the series?\u003cbr\u003eA: Abit's mission involves discovering who wrote the 60-year-old diary he discovered in a piece of furniture he's refinishing. He feels a strong connection with her difficult childhood. The entries are disturbing, and he has a strong need to make sure the young writer is okay all these years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQ: Why should readers give this series a try?\u003cbr\u003eA: Because these are serious mysteries without over-the-top violence. And readers tell me the character development makes them eager to read more: \"A pair of unforgettable crime-solving characters,\" one reader shared, and another wrote, \"I became intrigued by and attached to the characters - Della, Abit, Alex, even the dog, Jake - and their dialogue.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQ: In what order was this series written?\u003cbr\u003eA: \u003ci\u003eUnwrapped\u003c\/i\u003e is a standalone, so readers won't be confused if they start with this book. Actually, I worked to make all the books in the series easy to understand, wherever readers start in the series. The other books (in order written) include: \u003ci\u003e A Life for a Life, The Roads to Damascus, Welcome the Little Children, Murder Ballad Blues, Deep in the Forest, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Up the Creek. 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