A cozy novella in the award-winning Charlie Kingsley Mystery series!

Three French hens, two elves, and one Santa Claus make for merry mayhem for Charlie Kingsley and the gang.

When Charlie and Pat see an injured Santa on the side of the road in the middle of a snowstorm, of course they had to stop and take him to the hospital.

They assume that will be the end of their good Samaritan duties, until a dead elf is discovered in the same area where they picked up Santa … and Santa has no memory of what happened.

With Santa being the number one suspect, Charlie and Pat race to discover what really happened and keep Christmas from being cancelled.

Meet Charlie. Also known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She’s back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.

“This was a really neat mystery. … Great little story.”

“This was a fun, quick, Christmas mystery—well, as much fun as a murder can be.”

Want a taste? You can read the first chapter here or listen to it below:

For more on how all three series fit together, start here.

And don’t forget to check out all the short stories, snippets, unpublished excerpts and more, available in the FREE MPW Book Club.

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