As if baking holiday cookies, knitting a sweater for her husband's gift,
and making her daughter's angel costume for the church pageant weren't
enough things for Lucy Stone's busy Christmas schedule, she's also
working nights at the famous mail-order company Country Cousins. But
when she discovers Sam Miller, its very wealthy founder, dead in his car
from an apparent suicide, the sleuth in her knows something just doesn't
smell right.
Taking time out from her hectic holiday life to find out what really
happened, her investigation leads to a backlog of secrets as long as
Santa's Christmas Eve route. Lucy is convinced that someone murdered Sam
Miller. But who and why? With each harrowing twist she uncovers in this
bizarre case, another shocking revelation is exposed. Now, as Christmas
draws near and Lucy gets dangerously closer to the truth, she's about to
receive a present from Santa she didn't ask for--a killer who won't be
satisfied until everyone on his shopping list is dead, including Lucy
herself . . .
"Meier continues to exploit the charm factor in her small-town setting,
while keeping the murder plots as realistic as possible in such a cozy
world."
--Booklist