![]() ![]() ![]() While Nick brushes off all the accusations and gossip, saying it’s December, and they have more important things to do in Santaland than gossip, April worries. Then, Giblet himself dies, killed by a black widow spider. ![]() There are even snow monsters at the North Pole! But, April Claus doesn’t want to believe her husband killed his older brother in order to become Santa Claus.Īn elf named Giblet Hollyberry comes in second in the ice carving competition, and hints publicly that Nick was responsible for his brother, Chris’, death. Must have been the TV shows I watched as a kid, such as “Frosty the Snowman” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. Claus and the Santaland Slayings about an innkeeper from Oregon who marries Nick Claus, moves to the North Pole, and lives in a community filled with elves, talking reindeer, and snowmen who can move around the community. But, I had no problem at all suspending disbelief to read Liz Ireland’s Mrs. There are tropes in some cozy mysteries that I object to – the romantic triangle that goes on too long the amateur sleuth who ignores her business for the sake of an investigation. I have problems with romances in which there are too many misunderstandings. ![]()
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