Title: An Olde Christmas Carol: A Storm Ketchum Tale (Storm Ketchum Tales Book 1) Author: Garrett Dennis Published: TBD Press Publication Date: 11 July 2015 It is December 1st and the holiday season is upon us. Everywhere we go there are bright red and green decorations mixed in with silver bells and gold trimmings. The title of this book (which can be gotten if you join the mailing list of Garrett Dennis-here) echoes A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Storm Ketchum is described as “a walking country-song disaster.” He is recently retired and has moved to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The story opens with Ketch, as he likes to be called, walking out onto the porch, wrapping himself in a crochet afghan and sitting in a rocking chair with a cup of coffee on a cold January morning. Not a December morning or a day close to Christmas, but after Christmas. His dog Jack is laying down nearby. As Ketch sits in the rocking chair he decides that he and Jack would take a day trip to Olde Christmas. As the story unfolds, Ketch finds himself face to face with characters of his past, present, and future. Along the way he is introduced to the legend of Old Buck and thrown into a scenario where he must help solve the case of the stolen cash box. Is Ketch an old Scrooge? Maybe. Maybe not. This is an interesting take on an old tale with surprises and an unpredictable ending.
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