Silent Knife
by Shelley Freydont

Celebration Bay is full of yuletide cheer—but it’s hard to remain festive when someone’s out to slay Santa.

It’s Liv Montgomery’s first Christmas out of Manhattan and in Celebration Bay. They’ve got a tree to rival Rockefeller Center’s, but this year’s holidays are turning out to be a disaster. As the small town’s event planner, Liv wants everything to be perfect. Unfortunately, the local Christmas shop has been replaced by the gaudy Trim a Tree—complete with tacky ornaments and a new replacement Santa who isn’t spreading any cheer.

At the town’s annual Celebration of Lights, Trim a Tree is the only shop left unlit. Liv, furious, goes to investigate, and discovers something even less festive—the store’s new Santa has been murdered. Small-town gossip begins to stir, and Liv must clear the name of the previous town Santa just in the nick of time before the real killer ruins Christmas.

Other Books by Shelley Freydont

Trick or Deceit
A Celebration Bay Mystery #4

A Gilded Grave
A Newport Gilded Age Mystery #1

Trawling for Trouble
A Celebration Bay Mystery Novella

Independence Slay
A Celebration Bay Mystery #3

Cold Turkey
A Celebration Bay Novella

Foul Play at the Fair
A Celebration Bay Mystery #1

The Sudoku Murder

A Merry Little Murder

Halloween Murder

Midsummer Murder

Shelley Freydont's Bio

Shelley Freydont is the author of the Katie McDonald and Lindy Haggerty mystery series, and the upcoming Liv Montgomery, Celebration Bay Festival Mysteries (Berkeley Prime Crime). She has written several romance novels under the pseudonym Gemma Bruce. Her books have been translated into seven languages.

A former professional dancer and choreographer, she most recently worked on the films, Mona Lisa Smile and The Game Plan. Shelley is a member of Sisters-in-Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, and Liberty States Fiction Writers.