The Evergreen Door of Vienna
Their first Christmas as husband and wife should be unforgettable. Unfortunately, someone else has arranged the mystery.
Louisa “Lulu” Penrose Cameron and her husband, Stuart, travel to Vienna hoping to enjoy their first Christmas together amid glittering lights, grand opera houses and the city’s celebrated holiday markets.
There are concerts to attend, pastries to sample and gifts to choose for the family and friends who will soon gather at their new home. At one market stall, Lulu and Stuart select a Christmas ornament to commemorate their first holiday as husband and wife—a small keepsake for the life they are beginning together.
For a little while, everything is exactly as romantic as Lulu had imagined.
Then a troubling discovery leads them to an evergreen-colored door tucked away near one of Vienna’s festive squares. What first appears to be a minor holiday misunderstanding soon becomes connected to a secret someone has gone to considerable trouble to hide among the market crowds, opera patrons and seasonal visitors.
With Christmas approaching, Lulu and Stuart must follow a trail through candlelit streets, elegant performances and stalls filled with handcrafted treasures. Every clue seems to point toward someone different, while one seemingly ordinary holiday object may reveal the truth.
Naturally, Mrs. Dalrymple, Anna and Edward soon arrive to assist—although Mrs. Dalrymple maintains that joining an investigation at Christmas is merely a practical way to avoid tedious conversation.
As snow falls over Vienna and the mystery draws toward its conclusion, Lulu and Stuart race to solve one final puzzle in time to return home and celebrate with the people who have shared their adventures from the beginning.
Warm, witty and filled with festive intrigue, The Evergreen Door of Vienna is the final lighthearted historical mystery in the Doorway Series—a story of Christmas markets, opera, friendship, family and the realization that the finest door is the one that leads home.
Book Six of the Doorway Series.