🎄 Order by December 16 for delivery before Christmas. Every item ships together in one box.
Christmas in Redemption is never quiet.
Charlie Kingsley would like nothing more than a peaceful December of baking cookies and brewing tea. Emily and the Redemption Detective Agency would like a holiday case that doesn’t involve a cold case. Neither of them gets their wish, and that’s very good news for you.
A Mysterious Christmas Collection brings Charlie and Emily together for the first time and it includes recipes! It has two holiday mysteries set in the same snowy small town, and each heroine turns up in the other’s story:
- Secret Santa Murder (a Charlie Kingsley Mystery). A Secret Santa party goes off the rails when a guest is murdered after opening their gift. Can Charlie get to the bottom of who did it in this locked door mystery?
- The Mysterious Case of the Dead Elf (a Redemption Detective Agency Mystery). Emily and the gang take on a case to help a young mother get over her childhood Christmas trauma. Can they go back in time and solve the mystery of a dead elf to save Christmas before it’s too late?
Both stories are clean, twisty and funny. They’re short enough to finish in an evening by the tree, and you don’t need to have read either series first.
PLUS it includes TWO family Christmas cookie recipes.
Why this paperback is different
The ebook is available on other sites, but the paperback is printed only for our readers. We made it on heavier paper with a thicker, sturdier cover because a Christmas book should feel like a gift when you hold it. That’s partly because it’s meant to be one.
Built for one perfect evening
We put this box together around how these stories are meant to be read: kettle on, mug in hand, lights on the tree. Brew the tea, settle in, and let Charlie and Emily handle the murders.
Let’s talk tea
Your box includes one 3 oz* tin of loose leaf tea — your choice of three blends from Charlie’s kitchen:
- Lemon Lavender — bright, calming, and good for anxiety and worry. Charlie’s most popular blend and the one she reaches for first when someone arrives at her door looking like they’ve had A Day.
- Deep Sleep — lavender, chamomile, valerian, and passionflower. The blend her clients say they can’t get through the night without. In a haunted town, a good night’s sleep is harder to come by than you’d think. (*Deep Sleep is a 2 oz tin).
- Candy Cane Concoctions — bold black tea with real candy cane pieces, peppermint leaves, and natural candy cane flavor. Charlie’s Christmas blend. Simple, festive, and the kind of thing that makes a cold Wisconsin morning feel exactly right.
Round or star? That’s our call.
Every box comes with one hand-picked ceramic book-stack ornament. We choose the shape when we pack your order, so consider it a little mystery of its own.
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