May Your Days Be Cherry & Albright…

A Cherry Tucker Mystery & Maizie Albright Star Detective novella

In this Rashomon-style Christmas mystery, while Cherry Tucker suffers from flu-induced visions of murder, Maizie Albright’s on the hunt for a missing granddaughter whose criminal stockings have long been filled with coal.

“It was like having the best of both characters in the same story, yet separated by their roles. I look forward to more adventures together or separately with these lovable characters.” —Dru Ann Love, Dru’s Book Musing

When Halo's most notorious artist, Cherry Tucker, thinks she sees a crime through her bedroom window, her feverish claims are ignored by her family. Trapped in bed, influenza is the least of her problems. Deputy Luke Harper can't be found. She can’t tell fevered dream from reality. And a very bad Santa knows Cherry’s spotted his Christmas killing. It's going to take a Christmas miracle for Cherry to recover.

Meanwhile, ex-celebrity and #WannabeDetective Maizie Albright’s determined to help an elderly woman find her missing granddaughter despite her private investigator boss (and not-so-secret crush) Wyatt Nash’s claims that the grandmother’s annual plea is nothing but a dangerously wild goose chase. This holiday, Maizie’s search takes her away from her family and Nash to Halo, Georgia, where a storm threatens her nerves and her quest. When a deviant Santa learns Maizie’s looking for the granddaughter, he put Maizie on his naughty list. This Santa may get his holly jollies from murder.
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(First published in the 2017 Christmas cozy box set, The 12 Slays of Christmas)

Books in the Cherry Tucker Mystery Series:

A CHRISTMAS QUICK SKETCH (prequel novella) 

PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY 

STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW 

HIJACK IN ABSTRACT 
THE VIGILANTE VIGNETTE (Halloween novella)

DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE 

THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE 

A COMPOSITION IN MURDER 

A VIEW TO A CHILL 
A MOTHERLODE OF TROUBLE in YEAR-ROUND TROUBLE
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Books in the Maizie Albright Star Detective series:

15 MINUTES

16 MILLIMETERS

NC-17
A VIEW TO A CHILL
17.5 CARTRIDGES IN A PEAR TREE
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