Death is Coming to Town

By Eleanor Cawood Jones

It’s not your ordinary holiday season. In fact, you may never think of Christmas the same way again.

"He’s Making a List" Marcie loves everything about Christmas, and she’s planning a very special holiday gift for her husband Kelly, the man of her dreams. However, her laptop computer reveals he may not be the man she thought he was, and that perhaps a much different gift is in order.

"Checking It Twice" Everyone tells Roger he’s handled divorce better than anyone they know. And that’s true — up to a point. This Christmas he’s busy keeping holiday traditions alive for his three young daughters, and things are looking up. Or are they?

"Gonna Find Out" It’s Christmas Day at York Town Races and Games casino in the mountains of West Virginia, and almost everyone at the blackjack tables is one of the regulars. But cards aren’t the only things in play as the regulars find themselves dealing with a case of boorish holiday behavior by one of their own.

"Who’s Naughty or Nice" Three things are certain in this small town: Death, taxes, and the fact that Mildred Puckett will most definitely win the holiday bake-off competition and sale — again. This year, though, Mildred may have bitten off a bit more than she can chew.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eleanor Cawood Jones
• Release date: Dec 6, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310478024

Eleanor Cawood Jones

Eleanor Cawood Jones began her writing career in elementary school, using a #2 pencil to craft short stories based around the imaginary lives of her stuffed animal collection. While in college at Virginia Tech, she got her first paid writing job as a reporter with the Kingsport Times-News in Kingsport, Tenn., and never looked back. Eleanor now lives in Northern Virginia and is a marketing director and freelance copywriter while working on more stories as well as her upcoming mystery novel series. She's an avid reader, people watcher, traveler, political news junkie, and remodeling show addict. She spends her spare time telling people how to pronounce Cawood (Kay'-wood).

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[gunnargrey · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Four twisted mystery short stories in this collection, meaning crime tales from the Hitchcockian tradition, each with a nice little twist at the end. All of them are good: the wife with the perfect life who accidentally learns otherwise; the divorced father who's trying to keep Christmas traditions alive for his daughters; the regulars around a casino table who're sharing a tad more than is good for one of them; and that woman who always wins the bakeoff at church finally getting hers. Those ending twists aren't that easy to pull off; author Eleanor Cawood Jones does a great job here. Five strong stars.