Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas
(Year-Round Christmas Mystery)
by Vicki Delany
About Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas (Year-Round Christmas Mystery)
It’s beginning to look a lot like murder in the sixth installment of this charming cozy mystery series, perfect for fans of Donna Andrews and Jacqueline Frost.
It’s the beginning of December in Rudolph, New York, America's Christmas Town, and business is brisk at Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, a gift and décor shop owned by Merry Wilkinson. The local amateur dramatic society is intensely preparing a special musical production of A Christmas Carol. But it’s not a happy set, as rivalries between cast and crew threaten the production. Tensions come to a head when a member of the group is found dead shortly after a shopping excursion to Mrs. Claus's Treasures. Was someone looking to cut out the competition? Everyone in the cast and crew is a potential suspect, including Aline, Merry’s mother, and Merry's shop assistant Jackie O'Reilly, who was desperate for a starring role. It could be curtains for Christmas—and for Merry—unless the killer can be ferreted out of the wings.What I Thought:
This is the sixth installment in the Year-Round Christmas
Mystery series. I have read several in this series and this one was just as
good as the others I have read. It is of course Christmastime again in Rudolph,
New York. The community theater is putting on a musical version of A Christmas
Carol and Merry’s mother, Aline is the Ghost of Christmas Past and directing
the chorus line. When one of the cast is found lying dead in Merry’s store,
Jackie, Merry’s employee becomes the main suspect because she was the dead
woman’s understudy. Even though Merry is warned to not get involved she does
anyway, after all someone broke into her mother’s home while he dad was away so
she is trying to protect her mom. I love the setting of this book, who wouldn’t
love a town that is ready for Christmas all year. The plot of this one was well
thought out and the story flowed really well. This is one of my favorite series
and this installment did not disappoint me. There were twists and turns in this
and the motive for the murder was never really clear until the reveal. I was
totally caught off guard by the reveal and was surprised by the ending. I look
forward to more in this series.
I received a complimentary copy of this book.
About Vicki Delany
Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. Author of more than fifty books, she is currently writing the Tea by the Sea mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year-Round Christmas mysteries, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates). Vicki is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
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