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    How the Ghost Stole Christmas
    How the Ghost Stole Christmas
    How the Ghost Stole Christmas
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    How the Ghost Stole Christmas

    Written by Erin McCarthy

    Narrated by Elizabeth Klett

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    All Bailey Burke wants for Christmas is to stop seeing dead people. A reluctant spiritual medium, she craves a stress-free holiday with no ghosts popping in and out of her house.

    But when Bailey does the décor for a huge fundraising party featuring a replica slide from A Christmas Story, no one expects to find Santa’s dead body. In the slide. From three years ago.

    With the current Santa-for-hire and the dead Santa’s ghost harassing her, there isn’t enough eggnog in Cleveland to save Bailey’s night.

    Solving St. Nick’s murder is the only way to get back to cozy nights by the fire with her cop boyfriend Marner in time for some Christmas mistletoe…

    Editor's Note

    Cozy Holiday Mystery...

    McCarthy’s “Murder by Design” series continues with this holiday caper, where the “reluctant spiritual medium” and interior designer finds Santa’s dead body while decorating a retail store. Then Santa’s ghost starts talking to her, and if she wants to have any peace, she’s got to solve the crime. As ever, McCarthy’s writing sparkles like tinsel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryant Street Publishing
    Release dateOct 18, 2022
    ISBN9781094452210
    Author

    Erin McCarthy

    USA Today and New York Times Bestselling author Erin McCarthy sold her first book in 2002 and has since written over seventy-five novels and novellas in the romance and mystery genres. Erin has a special weakness for high-heeled boots, martinis, and Frank Sinatra. She lives with her renovation-addicted husband (he built her a bar, so it’s all good!) and their blended family of kids

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    • 4/5
      cute, really quick read, a cozy mystery around X-mas and a dead Santa.
    • 4/5
      This is a fun, entertaining, quick holiday read. Once again Bailey is visited by a ghost – who isn’t completely truthful. Her boyfriend Marner is there to help her out in the investigation. I enjoy this world and these characters. The story is easy to read and get into.

      I enjoyed the audio version of this book and the narrator.
    • 5/5
      This is a fun series of books. The character is actually quite appealing, and there are a number of laugh out loud passages.
    • 5/5
      Cute cosy mystery. Short amusing story. This is great read for a Sunday afternoon.
    • 5/5
      This copy mystery is a fast read that you will enjoy. It has interesting characters and moves along fast.I recommend this book.