Trouble Under The Tree (A Nina Quinn Mystery) - Plot & Excerpts
Ho! Ho!” I skirted the queued line and snuck into Santa’s Cottage to get an up close and personal look at Mr. Cabrera as Santa. He smiled tightly as he bounced a little boy on his knee. The boy was saying, “And some trucks, and a train, and a basketball, and a sled, and a—” Mr. Cabrera, in a deep voice, cut him off by saying, “Smile for the camera.” The boy paused his wish-list, smiled a toothy grin, and Nancy Davidson clicked the picture. The shot was automatically uploaded to a computer station outside the cottage where the little boy’s parents could buy prints. It seemed as though—finally—Christmastowne was on its way to being a success. The doors had opened nearly an hour ago, and the village had been inundated with customers. Whether they had come as curiosity-seekers didn’t matter. The fact that they stayed and shopped was going to be this place’s saving grace. As long as nothing else bad happened. My crew had finished just on time, and I couldn’t have been prouder of them—or of the way this job turned out.
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