Dancing Under the Mistletoe: Wolf Mallory Mystery, #1.5

By Jon Dalton

Wolf Mallory thinks life is going to settle down now that he's proven Vicky wasn't guilty of murder. Unfortunately, Wolf's friend Vinnie volunteers him yet again to take a look at a case. And with the holidays approaching, Wolf gives in, hoping to bring a little closure to a murder victim's family. But when even the police don't have any leads, Wolf wonders how he's going to pull a Christmas miracle out of his bag of tricks.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jon Dalton
• Release date: Apr 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386015864

Jon Dalton

Jon Dalton is the pen name for writer Warren Richardson. He lives in Florida with his wife Lesli Richardson (who is also an author best-known as Tymber Dalton), several pushy cats, a dog, a tortoise, and two birds who attempt to kill him on a regular basis. There are plans for several more books in the Wolf Mallory series. He also writes sweet romances as Haley Jordan.

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Dancing Under the Mistletoe, a Wolf Mallory Mystery Short by Jon Dalton

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Wolf Mallory thinks life is going to settle down now that he’s proven Vicky wasn’t guilty of murder. Unfortunately, Wolf’s friend Vinnie volunteers him yet again to take a look at a case. And with the holidays approaching, Wolf gives in, hoping to bring a little closure to a murder victim’s family. But when even the police don’t have any leads, Wolf wonders how he’s going to pull a Christmas miracle out of his bag of tricks.

Dancing Under the Mistletoe

A Wolf Mallory Mystery Short

by Jon Dalton

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Dancing Under the Mistletoe

A Wolf Mallory Short Mystery

Copyright © 2014 by Warren Richardson

First E-book Publication: December, 2014

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Writing As Jon Dalton:

Dancing on a Tightrope (A Wolf Mallory Mystery, Book 1)

Can’t Dance Forever (A Wolf Mallory Mystery, Book 2)

Dancing Under the Mistletoe (A Wolf Mallory Short Mystery)

Pina Colada Dead (A Wolf Mallory Short Mystery)

Dancing With a Dead Man (A Wolf Mallory Mystery)

Dancing With James Bond (A Wolf Mallory Mystery) - Coming Soon

Writing As Haley Jordan:

Candy Cane Kisses

Haunted Love

Pumpkin Kind of Love

Gingerbread Dreams (Coming Late 2018)

Dancing Under the Mistletoe

We had some bad news this morning in the group, said Vinnie.

What’s that? I asked, taking a sip of my sweetened ice tea. It was a late Tuesday afternoon in November, and we were at Kicks, our favorite beach-front restaurant on Calusa Key, for an early dinner. Vicky, my girlfriend of just over three months now, was still in Ohio where she’d gone to spend Thanksgiving with her folks. She was flying back to Tampa tomorrow.

One of our members was murdered about a month ago, after our last meeting. Counselor told us about it first thing today before we started. He said he’d heard about it on the news.

Vinnie Spano and I had been friends since our days in the Marine Corps. I was a freshly minted second lieutenant out of NROTC at Ohio State, and