Astoria, Queens, is decorated within an inch of its life for the
Christmas season, and Mia Carina is juggling her job at the Belle View
catering hall with a case of murder...
Mia's busy with a full schedule of events at the family business--among
them an over-the-top Nativity-themed first birthday party and a Sweet
Sixteen for a teen drama queen. But her personal life is even more
challenging. Her estranged mother has returned--and her lifelong friend
Jamie has discovered a shocking secret about his past. He's so angry
that he starts hanging out with Lorenzo, who claims to be his long-lost
brother--even after it becomes clear that Lorenzo's story is as fake as
a plastic Christmas tree.
Then a body turns up among the elves in a Santa's-workshop lawn display,
and amateur sleuth Mia has a buffet of suspects to choose from. Amid the
holiday celebrations, she intends to find out who's the guilty party...