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A Christmas Mystery Kindle Edition

by A.L. Jambor (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Hank and Josie own a small nursery in Mays Landing, New Jersey. Josie has worked hard making and selling wreaths to make money to buy Christmas presents for their kids. Two days before Christmas, while she is collecting pine cones for her wreaths, she finds a woman named Helen lying in the woods behind her house. She is bruised and beaten but won't let Josie call for help. Helen allows Josie to take her inside her home, where Helen meets Josie's husband, Hank, and their daughter, Mabel. Josie notices Helen's strange, old-fashioned clothes and wonders where she came from. While talking about Josie's son, Billy, Helen suddenly disappears. Was Helen a ghost?

A Christmas Mystery depicts a family struggling to keep their home, the family farm, and the life they've built from years of hard work. Christmas is just around the corner, and Hank and Josie are about to default on their mortgage. The future looks grim, but does Helen's appearance portend a brighter future? Will Helen bring them the Christmas miracle they are hoping for?

As Josie investigates the stranger who visited her, she discovers a connection to Helen and wonders why Helen cannot rest in peace. Was she the victim of domestic violence? The bruises on Helen's body would indicate she was, and if so, is that how she died? Had she been murdered!?
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A.L. Jambor began writing in 2010. Inspired by a photo of her granddaughter, she wrote the harrowing story of a pharmaceutical nightmare called But the Children Survived. The book was a hit, and she wrote more books, novellas, and shorts.

Amy's love of animals is reflected in her stories. Several books feature domestic pets or service or therapy animals, as in the case of Libby the Psychic Dog. She supports local rescue shelters and contributes to national organizations in the fight against animal abuse. Amy encourages her fans to help stop the exploitation of innocent animals in puppy mills and supports no-kill shelters and rescues.

Amy lives in Florida. She shares her home with two cats, Sammy and Puff. Her favorite genre is mystery, with historical fiction coming in at a close second. In her spare time, A.L. Jambor enjoys reading mysteries and solving puzzles.

You can write to Amy by visiting her facebook.com/ALJambor.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00GZCK7IW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Woofie (November 25, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 25, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1250 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 61 pages
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A.L. Jambor began writing in 2010. Inspired by a photo of her granddaughter, she wrote the harrowing story of a pharmaceutical nightmare called But the Children Survived. The book was a hit, and she wrote more books, novellas, and shorts.

Amy's love of animals is reflected in her stories. Several books feature domestic pets or service or therapy animals, as in the case of Libby the Psychic Dog. She supports local rescue shelters and contributes to national organizations in the fight against animal abuse. Amy encourages her fans to help stop the exploitation of innocent animals in puppy mills and supports no-kill shelters and rescues.

Amy lives in Florida. She shares her home with two cats, Sammy and Puff. Her favorite genre is mystery, with historical fiction coming in at a close second. In her spare time, A.L. Jambor enjoys reading mysteries and solving puzzles.

You can write to Amy by visiting her facebook.com/ALJambor.

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Janet C
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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Fast reading and interesting story. I enjoyed how the author kept family as being the most important thing. And the love of the parents as the only thing this family needed to continue.
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William B
4.0 out of 5 stars A lovely, quaint holiday mystery read...
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2018
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A Christmas Mystery (A Short Story)
By A.L. Jambor

Genre - Fiction
Category - Mystery/Ghost/Holiday-Christmas/Short Story
Pages - 66
Publication Info - November 25, 2013
Format - Digital
Rating - 📙📙📙📙

If you’re looking for a quick, quaint, charming little holiday mystery read for an afternoon or evening around the fire, or on a your daily commute, you could not go wrong with A Christmas Mystery (A Short Story) by A. L. Jambor. I snatched a free digital copy of this little gem off of Amazon and was quite pleased and entertained with the story. It’s a simple story with a lovely message and by the way it has a ghost...did I mention it has a ghost and a potential hidden treasure and lots of surprises. My only negative comment is that this really could have been a much longer story and the past history at the end really could have been woven into the front text. This is my first read by A.L. Jambor, and I look forward to reading another of her stories in the future.

Synopsis (from the back cover): Hank and Josie own a small nursery in Mays Landing, New Jersey. They have three kids and a house with a mortgage. Josie has worked hard making and selling wreaths to make money for Christmas presents. Two days before Christmas, while she is collecting pine cones for her wreaths, she finds a woman named Helen lying in the woods behind her house. She is bruised and beaten, but won’t let Josie call for help. Helen lets Josie take her inside her house where Helen meets Josie’s husband, Hank, and their daughter, Mabel. Josie notices Helen’s strange, old-fashioned clothes and wonders where she came from. While talking about her son, Billy, Helen suddenly disappears.

Was Helen a ghost? As Josie begins to investigate, she discovers that Helen was a real person. In fact, she was Josie’s great-grandmother, a woman who abandoned her young son and her husband to become a chorus girl in Atlantic City. But is the family history regarding Helen true, or a story concocted by her husband to cover her murder?

When Josie receives a foreclosure notice and realizes they are about to lose their house, it’s just the beginning of a bad Christmas Eve. When circumstances threaten to ruin their Christmas, Josie and Hank discover that the old abandoned house across the street may hold the key to the mystery surrounding Helen’s appearance, and to finding the money they need to save their family’s home.

This ebook contains an excerpt from A.L. Jambor's My First Christmas starring Libby the Psychic Dog.

About the author: A.L. Jambor lives in Florida with her husband, Hans. Amy began writing at the tender age of fifty-eight when she was inspired by a photo of her granddaughter. The result was But the Children Survived, an apocalyptic story about how a pharmaceutical company’s greed led to the destruction of North America. From there, Amy began writing fantasy mysteries that incorporated both her love of puzzles and her humor. Nick Dandino and Lord Percival Plep are two of her protagonists – the first a PI in heaven, the second an English lord reincarnated as a pudgy terrier named Libby. She has also written an historical time travel series and a dark crime thriller.

Other work by A.L. Jambor: Kevin Chandler and the Case of the Missing Dog, The Christmas Cottage, A Lethal Legacy: A Victorian Mystery, The Room in Grandma’s House (A Fantasy Short Story), When Daisy Disappeared, The House on the Shore (A Paranormal Mystery Short Story), Libby the Psychic Dog, Mystery in the Mansion (Libby the Psychic Dog, Book 2), Quandary on the Quay (Libby the Psychic Dog, Book 3), The Nefarious Neighbor (Libby the Psychic Dog, Book 4), The Cat’s Confession (Libby the Psychic Dog, Book 5), The Body in the Bungalow: A Supernatural Mystery Short (A Divine Detective Agency Mystery Book 1), The Devious Dame (A Divine Detective Agency Mystery Book 2), The Kid at the Candy Counter (The Divine Detective Agency Mystery Book 3), What She Deserved (A Paranormal Mystery), Where’s Audrey?, The Best Dreams (The Legend of Truelock Manor), Dangerous Stranger, But the Children Survived, A Tender Heart (The Story of Mary Edwards) and Don’t Look Back (The Story of Hannah Dawes.
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Gail Christian
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice little "feel good" story for Christmas
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2014
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This is a nice story to read for the holidays when you have a little time and want one of those "feel good" stories. I like the way the family pulls together to have a nice Christmas even when things are not what they wish they were.

While there are disappointments in the story, there is not a lot of whining like you see (especially) in children today who do not get every single thing they want. Sure, the family in this story is unhappy with the way things have happened, but they do the best they can with the situation.

Perhaps this family doesn't have a lot of "things" for Christmas, but they still have each other, and they are thankful for that.

In addition to this being a wonderful story about family, there is another story also interwoven into the book - the story of Helen. Three members of the family met her. She was even in their house for crying out loud! She had to be real. So how did she just disappear while they watched?

Unraveling the story of Helen will not only solve a very old mystery, it will also be the solution this family needs for their current difficulties. A nice "feel good" story for the holidays. Maybe not great literature, but well worth the time it takes to read it.
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Werecat 2
5.0 out of 5 stars A Entertaining Ghost Story About Family Who Has Your Back
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2019
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This was a really enjoyable Christmas mystery that is just long enough to read anytime. This is a fast paced story and before you know it you will be through and you will be smiling from ear to ear. Even if you don't care for ghost stories you will get involved in this families plight.
Josie got up early to take her walk in the back yard before the rest of the family were up. Josie spent this morning looking for pinecones to make her Christmas wreaths that her husband , Hank, sold at their tree stand on their farm. Hank sold handsome Christmas trees and he had a greenhouse full of plants he sold during the warm months.
She heard someone moaning. It was Helen and she had been beaten. Josie did not want to move her and wanted to call an ambulace. Helen convinced her that she would be okay in the house. Hank came downstairs and found Helen. He also wanted an ambulance. Helen told them her policeman husband is the one that hurt her. it would not be good if he found her. They talked a while and then she just disappeared.
They looked at each other and asked if she was a ghost. Josie wanted to find out about her, if she could, so she took Mabel to the library. She needed to know if they were safe from the abused and if Helen was safe. She thought the library newspaper archives would be the way to go.
The story of Helen and Josie is interesting and tear jearking. Have your tissue ready for The ending. You will find out what people did before Ancestory.com.
I found this book on a website for free for an honest review.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A quick and easy read mystery
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2015
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A quick and easy read mystery. Josie and Hank are a couple who are struggling to pay the bills while Hank builds his nursery business. Josie supplements the family income by making pinecone wreaths. It's while she's looking for pinecones that she comes across a woman laying in the yard. She's awake so Josie asks if she needs help. The woman, Helen refuses to get the police involved and is obviously very afraid but Josie gets her to agree to come in the office so Helen's wounds can be looked at. When Hank insists Helen at least needs doctor she disappears. I can't say more without giving away the story - but it is a good Christmas story.

Their are two excerpts that follow. One about a psychic dog that didn't really appeal to me and another about a one about a woman who inherits a house by a beach, that one I am interested in.
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Christiane
1.0 out of 5 stars Really bad writing
Reviewed in Germany on December 11, 2015
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It's been a long time since I've read a story that was so basic and so badly written.

Wife rescues an injured woman and takes her home. Woman disappears in front of husband and wife's eyes :

"Yes, she was there. But she's not there now." Josie sat and took a sip of her coffee. "This is weird."

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elishas nan
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2014
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Really enjoyed this short story, the authors words painted the pictures in my mind, I could se the farm and the family. I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what happened next. Do passed spirits come back and help in times of need? I think they do!
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sand
4.0 out of 5 stars enjoy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2014
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enjoyable short story if you fancy reading for a couple of hours.
i don't really know what else i can say without giving the storyline away
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5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2014
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A delightful short story, her words painted every scene, I followed their exact footsteps
as we were lead around the farm
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David & Anna jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2014
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keeps u reading,it's a great little story,well worth a read ,go on its enjoyable,download it ,get it ,and enjoy it.
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