"Margaret, I've done something awful!"Beth Carlton was in trouble. She had accused Pete Abel of stealing the Christmas ornaments from her family tree, something she knew he hadn t done. And what was worse the police believed her! Now she has two days to prove to the police that it wasn t Pete, and all she has to go on is her stepbrother s word that Pete is innocent The Christmas Tree Mystery goes beyond the missing ornaments and thievery, as stepparents and stepchildren confront the emotional problems of a broken family.