Antiques St. Nicked

By Barbara Allan

A special holiday short story in the series starring “a hilarious team of snoops” (Joan Hess).
  
Hey Santa, get a clue . . .
 
Baby, it’s cold outside at the small town of Serenity’s annual Holiday Stroll festivities. But that doesn’t stop Brandy Borne and her theatrical mother, Vivian, from making merry. That is, until the two find something frosty in Santa’s workshop—the jolly man in red, dead as a doornail. And the goodies inside his donation bag have vanished like cookies and milk on Christmas Eve. It’s up to Brandy and Mother—with spirited shih tzu Sushi in tow—to take the reins and start checking off their naughty list. But the sleuthing duo might have to reckon with some ghosts of Christmas past before finally unwrapping the murderer…


“One of the funniest cozy series going.”—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Don’t miss Brandy Borne’s tips on antiques!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kensington Books
• Release date: Sep 29, 2015
• ISBN: 9780758293183

Barbara Allan

Barbara Allan is the joint pseudonym of husband-and-wife mystery writers, Barbara and Max Allan Collins. Barbara is an acclaimed short-story writer, and Max is multi-award-winning New York Times bestselling novelist and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. Their previous collaborations have included one son, a short story collection, and fourteen novels. They live in Muscatine, Iowa - their Serenity-esque hometown - in a house filled with trash and treasures.

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