The Lane That Leads to Christmas

This holiday season in Eagle River, the past is never far from the present.

Kate is bracing herself for a blue Christmas this year. It’s the first since her divorce, most of her decorations are missing after too many moves, and her impulsive gesture of goodwill to one struggling family has spurred debate at the post office.

But her troubles take a back seat when a mail stop at one of the area’s oldest churches presents a puzzling dilemma. The rural congregation’s antique nativity set, which was hand-carved by an early settler, has vanished from the altar.

As Kate and her friends try to track the artwork’s whereabouts, they are met with a fascinating mix of folklore and facts … along with resistance to their efforts. And the case only gets more complicated as secrets are exposed and new leads are revealed. Can they recover the beloved nativity before the Christmas bells ring?