"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.