Liss MacCrimmon Series #3
Zebra
October 2010
On Sale: October 5, 2010
320 pages ISBN: 0758216483 EAN: 9780758216489 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Tis the season to be jolly, but in Moosetookalook, Maine,
Christmas cheer is in short supply due to a snowless winter
that's keeping skiers and shoppers at a distance.
Fortunately, Liss MacCrimmon of the Scottish Emporium has a
plan. . .
Liss's brainstorm focuses on Tiny Teddies, the new "hot" toy
of the season. Every store across the country is out of
stock--except a few wee establishments in good ol'
Moosetookalook. It's easy enough to drum up approval for the
idea of luring consumers to town and keeping them there with
a stockingful of New England holiday charm. Liss's real
challenge lies in contending with bickering businesspeople
and--once America learns of Moosetookalook's Tiny Teddy
cache--doggedly determined shopaholics.
The first sign of something amiss occurs when the last Tiny
Teddy is summarily executed: shot through the heart in the
display window of greedy toy store owner Gavin Thorne. But
the Teddy's demise is just a precursor to the eerily similar
murder of Gavin himself. . .
The two men in Liss's life want her far from the case, but
she can't help feeling guilty for starting the fur frenzy
that seems to have led to Gavin's death. Besides, how can
she ignore the lengthy list of suspects, not the least of
whom include Gavin's vindictive ex-wife, an unscrupulous
selectman, a ski shop owner with an axe to grind, and a
rabid toy collector packing heat in her purse. . .?
Now, with the Twelve (or, in Scots terms, the Daft) Days of
Christmas rapidly approaching, Liss has a plate full of
things worse than haggis to contend with, starting with a
stockroom packed with poultry (don't ask), and ending with a
killer who'd like to see Liss's goose well and fully cooked.
. .