
Previously published in the collection Egg
Nog Murder.
‘Twas the week before Christmas, and Julia
Snowden’s escape from New York has just hit a snag.
Fresh off accidentally poisoning half her colleagues with
her “Killer Eggnog,” Julia’s would-be
subletter, Imogen Geinkes, is now jobless and
homeless—leading Julia to invite the young woman home
for the holidays in Maine. But when they unload the rental
truck in Busman’s Harbor, they find something that
wasn’t on anyone’s packing list: the body of
Imogen’s former boyfriend.
Suddenly, the wordplay in Imogen’s
name—“I’m a jinx”—isn’t
so adorable. But for all the calamities that follow in
Imogen’s wake, Julia’s certain she’s no
killer. As Julia digs into the case, the appearance of the
ex’s brother—his identical twin—doubles
the confusion. Has Imogene been double-crossed by an evil
twin? Was the eggnog “accident” no accident at
all? If Julia doesn’t unwrap the murderer’s true
identity soon, one of the twelve days of Christmas could be
her last . . .
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