It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Connecticut,
but Melanie Travis finds surviving this December may take a
real Christmas miracle when a yuletide murderer comes to
town . . .
As Melanie attempts to deck the halls in a house overrun by
pampered Poodles, her event planner friend, Claire, is busy
playing Santa—beard and belly not included—for the
wealthiest clientele on Connecticut’s Gold Coast. A personal
shopper gig in the affluent town of New Canaan seems like
business as usual. Except Claire’s stylish stint comes at a
higher price than she bargains for when she stumbles over
her newest customer’s dead body on the job. Named a prime
suspect for murder, she begs for Melanie’s help, then
vanishes like cookies and milk on Christmas Eve . . .
Determined to track down Claire, Melanie and her nosy Aunt
Peg dash into a dizzying investigation that leads to even
more questions. Why was homicide victim Lila Moran, a
secretive woman with an untraceable past, permitted to live
on a well-known socialite-turned-recluse’s private estate,
and is Claire keeping her own incriminating secrets under
wraps? Now, with a grinchy New Canaan detective on their
case and disturbing clues piling up like presents beneath
the tree, the crime-solving duo must rein in a sinister Kris
Kringle before they’re the next ones on someone’s deadly
wish list . .
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