A Tisket A Tasket Not Another Casket: A Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mystery by Heather Weidner

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A Tisket A Tasket Not Another Casket: A Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mystery
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Virginia
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books (January 14, 2025)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 277 pages

Excitement is in the air as everyone in Mermaid Bay is preparing for the Christmas season. This year promises to be more dazzling than ever when the business council sponsors a competition for the town’s lucrative summer fireworks contract. The quaint little beach town is ready to be wowed with choreographed shows and drone action that light up the night sky.

Instead of goodwill and sparkles, two of the teams take the competition to new lows with corporate espionage, feuds, and sabotage, and Jade and her team at ‘Tis the Season are ground zero for all the explosive action. When one of the competitors turns up murdered near Jade’s shop, she has to solve the mystery before the holidays are ruined.

Character Guest Post

A Day in the Life of Jade Hicks, Owner of ‘Tis the Season Christmas Shoppe

A Tisket A Tasket Not Another Casket

Level Best Books

By Heather Weidner

Hi, y’all. I’m Jade Hicks, owner of ‘Tis the Season, a Christmas shop in the little beach town of Mermaid Bay, Virginia, on the coast near the historic triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Excitement is in the air as everyone in Mermaid Bay is preparing for the Christmas season, my store’s busiest season.

This year promises to be more dazzling than ever when the business council sponsors a competition for the town’s lucrative summer fireworks contract. The quaint little beach town is ready to be wowed with choreographed shows and drone action that will light up the night sky.

But it hasn’t quite turned out to be the holly jolly holidays that I expected. Instead of goodwill and sparkles, two of the teams have taken the competition to new lows with corporate espionage, feuds, and sabotage, and my team and I at ‘Tis the Season are ground zero for all the explosive action. When one of the competitors turns up murdered near my shop, I was suddenly thrown into all the chaos. And now I have to solve the mystery before the holidays are ruined.

Who knew owning a Christmas shop would get me in so much trouble?

My review of A Tisket, A Tasket Not Another Casket

A Tisket, A Tasket Not Another Casket by Heather Weidner is the 3rd book in the Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mystery series. It’s set in the small beach town of Mermaid Bay, Virginia and stars Jade Hicks. She runs an adorable shop called ‘Tis the Season that sells tons of unique ornaments. It’s almost Christmas, and yet again, trouble is brewing!

This time trouble starts with a bang! Boom! It’s a fireworks contest, and the stakes are high. The winner gets the summer contract with the Mermaid Bay city council. Each fireworks team has their own tricks and secrets that make their shows unique. They want to protect those secrets and maybe steal from the others. They might even kill for those secrets; but when there’s a murder, it may be about more than fireworks.

This cozy mystery series by Heather Weidner is another one that I love! Who doesn’t love Christmas? I love the vibe of the town and the uniqueness of Jade’s shop. I’d love to shop in a store filled with themed Christmas trees! And her store has lots of different rooms because it was a home at one time. Each room has its own special theme too. Kids can even visit Santa since it’s getting close to Christmas!

I enjoy seeing the characters each time I travel back to Mermaid Bay. It’s got its share of quirky characters, but it’s also got ones that are more down to earth. It’s a good balance. The same goes for the characters who just show up for the new mystery. Sometimes the characters who seem sketchy and would be suspects end up being really cool and normal! It’s those normal ones you sometimes have to keep an eye on. This book has plenty of suspects that you’ll have to weed through to get to the culprit.

This was a really fun mystery to solve. Oh, and there’s also a secret blogger who is posting gossip about the town…someone who has inside information. Or maybe they’re just really observant. That’s another mystery that will keep you guessing. I had my suspicions, but I couldn’t decide on which character it was!

I highly recommend A Tisket, A Tasket Not Another Casket for its well-plotted mystery, the town’s cozy vibe, the quirky characters, and the Christmas shop! 5 stars!

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

About Heather Weidner

Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, the Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries, the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, and the Pearly Girls Mysteries.

Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, and Murder by the Glass, and she has non-fiction pieces in Promophobia and The Secret Ingredient: A Mystery Writers’ Cookbook.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime: National, Central Virginia, Chessie, Guppies, and Grand Canyon Writers, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers, and she blogs regularly with the Writers Who Kill.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a pair of Jack Russell terriers.

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