In Jewel Bay, all is merry and bright. At Murphy’s
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, Merrily’s 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 he’s been
robbed, fingers point to Merrily—until she’s found dead, a
string of lights around her neck. The clues and danger
snowball from there. Can Erin nab the killer—and keep
herself in one piece—in time for a special Christmas Eve?