Annie has returned to her hometown with her teenage daughter after becoming a widow. She works there as a deputy sheriff but hopes to land a better job in the big city. Her daughter, however, is tired of moving around and wants them to stay.
The small town is suddenly hit by a series of thefts in which someone steals the town’s Christmas decorations, and it becomes Annie’s task to solve the mystery together with the town’s sheriff, Tom. Who wants to sabotage the Christmas celebrations? There are several suspects, and Annie’s daughter — who runs a blog in her spare time — also gets drawn into the drama. Annie begins to realise that there may be more to the small town than she thought, including Tom…
Nothing is seriously wrong with it, but the plot feels weak and the small town comes across as very pastiche-like.
