If you read and enjoyed The Appeal by Janice Hallett, you'll love this quirky holiday follow up titled The Christmas Appeal. We are reunited with many of the same Fairway Players for their holiday pantomine of Jack in the Beanstalk. It sounds simple, but of course with this dramatic crew it is anything but.

Femi and Charlotte are back on the case, sifting through the variety of documents that tell this story. Sarah-Jane and her husband are newly in charge by democratic vote, so they are trying to please most everyone while sticking to their own high standards. Everything is the usual local theater group drama until a very, very large beanstalk is borrowed from another play group. 

And I'll leave it there. This is full of hijinks, a mysterious murder (or was it?), and so much fun. Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books, all opinions are my own.