Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Purring around the Christmas Tree
Purring around the Christmas Tree
Purring around the Christmas Tree
Ebook322 pages6 hours

Purring around the Christmas Tree

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

In the New England town of Frog’s Ledge, the Holiday Light Festival is a Christmas tradition. Killing Santa is not. To bring joy back to the season, organic pet patisserie owner Kristan “Stan” Connor will have to find another Santa before it’s too late . . .

To the townspeople’s delight, the annual lighting of the tree is a spectacular success. Unfortunately, Santa pulled up in his sleigh, DOA. At first Stan is sure it’s Seamus, her boyfriend’s uncle, inside the red suit. But the victim turns out to be an employee from the town’s Christmas tree farm. Rumor has it the deceased was a mean drunk with a soft spot for feral cats. Stan has no idea why he was dressed as St. Nick—or why he’s dead.

Meanwhile, Seamus, a jolly Irishman who comes to America every December to visit his pub-owner nephew, is nowhere to be found. Could he just be off on a Boston bar crawl? Or is something more sinister under the tree? Seamus was supposed to be dressing up and posing for pet pictures with Santa at the shop, but the dogs and cats might have to find another lap to curl up in if Stan doesn’t solve two mysteries soon. Or murder might be the only thing under the mistletoe this holiday . . .

Includes Gourmet Pet Food Recipes!
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 1, 2017
ISBN9781496700223
Purring around the Christmas Tree
Author

Liz Mugavero

Liz Mugavero is a corporate communications consultant and animal lover from the Boston area, whose canine and feline rescues demand the best organic food and treats around. She is the author of The Icing on the Corpse, Kneading to Die, Murder Most Finicky, and A Biscuit, A Casket; her short stories have been published in the UK and Australia; and her essays have appeared in national publications Skirt! and Sassee Magazine for Women.

Related to Purring around the Christmas Tree

Titles in the series (7)

View More

Related ebooks

Mystery For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Purring around the Christmas Tree

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Purring around the Christmas Tree - Liz Mugavero

    &3^book_preview_excerpt.html|[ƑV }gloXƗإ&i Df @dQ/-B?Y݉Vr9@VUPdwb!wWŸ~r1 GS8q~b~(O|S.jh5=jP_W9}:vḫCZSh|f1ϱS;US*LFS\ͩ4ҌyLcil#{ĿXza`b &46i>:twMV6ZM5kS4VVMtYק8iHj6Go綞1NL9 C^d *4 T}\081)bv>S}SXDx1-CsWvjX/M!bN8jXe1 E)TQ{pn!p*|sLg[޵B5դ#6,1jziSB3^mZi;Ǻ ]Ea1Q*AI& !|1mfjM|tC育 7DӂApzPa]xl|ꭎ)54B+U;,.- Dq gS}]#>Qa.lEMv4]>ina=`l8U@͞QCaЩ V8Bߗyja\:y ]g>]"M0>Ne{ Tk5"I(TSb7;5laB/P} }d_俘y:~ B%%Կ*:=ő:xj%YkŬ "ȏ!q a4 f ps}};Q[1bUy3Ûbt)⫆q?6#M^ * >_&zdTdH끛&9Tx[]-&յV@hX3ÒL$7`:OWͿ]hc+r+Ėpasqt^:FK73\5Oc(BfhBma2r,2Be*>O۟UBP巰tt7u걷Eg|C?f!1'roj6 :4?JNX9*p0ܗioK2(8;|Z0(9Qq`O4;p ā A -ǣ,'Ws-WO.cShP;lgA`ZU QN=cWsO_?L|_=O=!̷z@z&Yh$Zf7( _xtX``Ԁvؙh)o(G|W) ›oM-uEn-c4,(;':5[tgLFs4_9m*^ao3e00]X I @$ 4p3gCwa\Em%ޡ%sGbQ^0z4(ް+2xN::ij4nӽ&=' O,QՏOP}Ưn{KpY;{O1KJP7 4kGy "7s~ڧ}VhGֈ&aTSA0 Q =mh%utqWj*=d8/jm0㛱)tXBx2 Nm9ISd~ }ħ*L[0OlJQ䄖1( ^iɂ)"v' )Î&zXx3bRzᙋ FohZ{jhKGCT M@8fCGf&5߸e.b{ak3ePsja{; 

    ǫG5 ΞKj- Sz>Φ؏.U?jf"N=ezYqq!r641lehV33d5}4ǥ9 6̀ dF7<<2meb(6ɖ2M?;`[LZ}[Y4 +ONqg(YQp -1r\)QL*db"νأB;Kb E5uZ^ak^ګK ŖG1 $FvBI )sDqx1:_,g,Q DW,ZJ% |qܨ[(-L{·c8 'o̤yio'UlRUivt\fBS5ȇ]!0zXp9&T@qP헬$Rs._Tck1HYKt]̻jhYVdybE0 lwK"r[ye*LwVl-Lg6̎>Aͦ/76"Ĵ2V*p,4ݬp'v}y&sniv: HPZb;'M#QEhHEYۜ3O睨[8)f\K'n9"UnKƭHܰ*;leró["r]!jO51xRaxwM}0G@Y2v~.2?= QTC>y:RjdX`7h=,:{2L]I:z \'wW/I\B*b鰐!#I5'c]893b7喟tm ћ2n$,S9 #X2E,ll5X۩ԥ0,Pri#_uc=}+y;UVWVckA}"FMQ0$FG>0G`rr[?vm e^M i^zǕI"ً#nd$ykZq *,t7%U=&1ڶG0L;w f@Z9A\K&f^:Lk@ e 'L7[t^n ؿh\5ylf%J]XV((WܮlKKv&OxCzܭoe~dΔ[8V-MЀ$3EQlXH ܫh!G}T)\~JsanuR kz' -;M8o\1.bApFl"RⒻ$+ [Kځ/)@ [qp>FkK+7=CYw1 _{u)2^Gd̿ 5LJx3'm֜f2x֞LaWt6NJUd;:\AkHղ}.S7̈́ Bq']cЮN{hɳ'Lcꔗa@iyCKs|f6ޗNڶ1vfexcв7{*]ȚY<ܔQZOwdKMl9pdsO"ձ;X8$AWO-k`q*AC)d&0/~)[L1\3|:-)Y-{T#x"F\Y.~̹:DzW%4 ! <6WXuTcSw[[S]N&gԗ\4=9Qzh\%&(bӫ 0I\jp7twขM=gz!Fy3YWsP PAՙئ1ub/fN\c.J etKH`86̵7e0S C]䷚ttST( InӢLjt)2߸:*3Br0ŀG!Brv57u|$f^RLfw `ZQ69 /.\XQe7^rZ`GX6-48w`CJ,';ܘrs 3 =w&d>| 660נ 67} +(%#gDױMK;9dNDZn5X-A&C6pO0O7F[Yz98-SmͧQv#,m;$,UF|eWd{QV=۪)B&E%aUYGVœg$FʲsSE=3Q*KSf~i>g)O5yړxĂFFrC{T},S s,YG//(Ver{P%k b}d µt A=fplyVb3qд 絛VުVXXH_Ա:ٺlmi8b-0>¸-YwHߦB_?Qُ֑iVfN rzPtPt)4tYX;,FgEO&9[ߘ9,̛Q== R=!If}O=/(֊XL99tޗM&wl(xF@(Plq·;!\`S4g2yO4C҇֝Z(ZhYHr m"2\Zrᅌct.ve!T VzgI7Gi2[^ tا蛙Xj!xׇ'G .'e`5 4ϻx p]-Y'^N|'2کMHG)5gS)|;}R|蕵9$l'{ VxY2sw-|Ɯa >+ϋ2=k?[OH٩0Ps,Vǧ5?P;J?=7NNt3y&ֹ-Mo3#&] ~"q̇4VeN"QmoS8 QZ<2Sz^|/'U4gڿV7f>x{̶p3OcpZ<F^yO@3F ' kFG n(IdY#xh7~F jߓ.&zWJVs5 +L h \oȲduB;1uFc9Cy8=6vĻ(`,~8t&eOYk%vo<_p솗pw5.͂Ď&;oKvx$*)9χW>Ђe=pE`LGбShbUE60ywek&idᐱ^| OEl3vUBM'q8c4w\|:d5|x NC2ye9&FZfo8"#{R] NQ?cA`ӥx2 8QUo3G<3=^1{R]4 EݔF(!&R;-;V8G61sD`~ONH%tuRk`1qIO ܷ~DE8;)b/J"2MlygS,B&b5g˜Fhv6VޝD*٭L97_խܼeMlOgamnPOꄾ RtCBc1Rk7 lqgó"$Ltcݟ*. {-WȈhYj9ox>q#KYOEA⩭vSv_/c7X8Yru xBM9o9Nc,u# ޫ Q>~KBDgѭ縚έm(7_R7W[x4$[ٯɱo#q;z 3es?L~1?eOʨM I,m(G%y/ )M%OԆ#Dhdz5xV0^jmis?Ef휥5#`s}ŋt7h쌱#]ouLd~o' e[MrG;з-}=SbT+0c1GrhM$=hr@^|Ršd+5gܻ8[B%+.88љYW$+EW^E5%-WXFH :C N%G~/&&zz9~gtSڲ'Y`W:kru6uu>N }F\vuZ5X\ڰ>΁NNr5>X_Ԅ_R[~y&~$̛0aVϪ<rs[Xjۚ8Fxuc5)iQb.%Y7;&0̀T:h)|"߇ĻMrVcm+^# )1/5LZ&>ZahC^9VUZ>r}!qU B#!eAFf[R Mc;R GӶ^k!qTgg`U7%zJ((|tgxKwUqF5CLUp;^C6GTi"+fXYy˜`PbuTga7l FC/=$gӘO_M8na NF{v+7>+iT#_V{1 F64]UtK_F.n+2ۛ > +uuճNJ)Y 5l]Rc!py¤2m-b'*_n FzaʕЩ6| [ `^$צٜ"Qf N--u4%||ECiN&i=f;ĺE^G!KL߾37zU*:_dvt^KvٜZ>]7kern?2iayz+2ճ_O!9|HWk8IRh={׶MVKU^טd “h%*^eva>>a? _{)߶J& m_saæ oۚ\hEK mv-DvԼLD=MČ)$o!:Z6ۉO8<ܖl^?nsb?w'wL>mSZN?Eɡh}+ImTzƭwgݘ ӟ;6to!&k""@4y.w<dW2Lyxovml.K7x޴4F6sa7l.39^_ھޔ>ި0u_X.l˫H?g͇ x'".Q0\rcþaգ~K?7MSj9qXȠgSqGa ` ~< 8ٕw7%vIX6i4 a]

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1