Murder She Wrote: A Little Yultide Murder
Murder She Wrote
by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
Signet
Mystery
November 1, 2005
ISBN-13: 0451194756
Available in: Paperback (reprint)
Spend the holidays with America's favorite sleuth...
A Slay Ride For Santa
Jessica Fletcher unwraps a deadly puzzle when she sets out to discover who killed "Santa Claus"a.k.a. her neighbor Rory Brent, who played St. Nick at the town's yearly Christmas Eve celebration.
Cabot Cove, Maine's most famous mystery writer had been planning on spending a cozy Christmas at home, but murder never takes a holiday. Brent was found shot to death on his farm, and there will be no peaces on earth until his killer is found. Everyone assumes the culprit is Brent's longtime enemy, Jake Walther, the meanest man in town. Jake is crazy as a coot, sour as green apples, and as bad tempered as a cat with its tail caught in a screen door. But Jessica soon uncovers evidence that makes her believe the sheriff has arrested the wrong person. Snooping into the small town's past for a motive, Jessica is determined to deliver the real killer before Christmas. The trouble is, the next sound she hears this silent night may be a screamher own.
Originally published October 1998.