A Holiday Short Story

The Last Guest at Pinewood Lodge

by by Jessie Clark

A Christmas Eve 911 call sends Detective Maya Chen through a blizzard to Pinewood Lodge, where a family reunion has become a locked-house mystery.

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About the Book

A snowbound lodge. A family will. A Christmas Eve call no detective can ignore.

Detective Maya Chen is on her way to her sister's holiday dinner when a desperate 911 call sends her into a mountain blizzard and up to Pinewood Lodge. The Ashford family has gathered for a Christmas reunion and a will reading that has left everyone smiling too tightly.

The caller insists someone in the house is trying to kill them. The storm has sealed the roads. Every guest has a motive, and every room seems to be hiding one more secret.

As the snow deepens and the truth starts to thaw, Maya realizes the last guest at Pinewood Lodge may be the one person no one expected to survive.

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The Last Guest at Pinewood Lodge

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