In Jewel Bay, all is merry and bright. At Murphyβs Mercantile, AKA the Merc, manager Erin Murphy is ringing in the holiday season with food, drink, and a new friend: Merrily Thornton. A local girl gone wrong, Merrilyβs turned her life around. But her parents have publicly shunned her, and they nurse a bitterness that chills Erin.
When Merrily goes missing and her boss discovers heβs been robbed, fingers point to Merrilyβuntil sheβs found dead, a string of lights around her neck. The clues and danger snowball from there. Can Erin nab the killerβand keep herself in one pieceβin time for a special Christmas Eve?
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