Finalist for The Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery! With Christmas just over a week away, ’tis the season for grinning elves, maddeningly jolly Muzak, and a guilty Nut Goodie addiction. But the holidays are marred by something far worse—a serial killer leaving candy canes as his calling card. His target? Thirty-something brunettes who look just like Mira James. When a woman from her high school graduating class becomes his latest victim, Mira plows through a case of online dating turned deadly with Mrs. Berns at her side. Will she earn her detective stripes . . . or end up deader than the Ghost of Christmas Past? is perfect for readers who love to escape into the humorous romantic mysteries of Sarah Strohmeyer, Janet Evanovich, Denise Grover Swank, Margaret Lashley, Amy Vansant, Carl Hiaasen, Chelsea Field, and Stephanie Bond. If you love to laugh while losing yourself in a suspenseful story, then this series is for you! is the eighth in a series of laugh-out-loud-funny mysteries featuring Mira James, an urban woman with rural Minnesota roots. ; each novel stands alone. Get all the Mira James mysteries today! " in this eighth case."― "Lourey creates ."― "Lourey, who keeps her secrets well, delivers