Holly, Jolly Murder Paperback - 2006
by Joan Hess
The quiet of the Christmas holiday for bookstore owner Claire Malloy is broken when a little old lady comes in looking for volumes on pagan rituals, applied magick, and Celtic mysticism. Soon Claire is on the case when a wealthy benefactor of Farberville's neo-pagans is found dead.
From the rear cover
THE GIFT THAT GIVES ON GIVING. . .
With Farberville's college on holiday break, Claire Malloy's bookstore is quiet . . . deadly quiet. Breaking the silence is a little old lady looking for volumes on pagan rituals, applied magick, and Celtic mysticism. Claire is intrigued and miffed that her lover, Farberville police Lieutenant Peter Rosen, says she's in a rut happily accepts an invitation to welcome the winter solstice at dawn. HOMICIDE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Showing up at the Sacred Grove, Claire expects wild chanting or even nude dancing. Instead she ends up sitting on a stump watching the Arch Druid clean her bifocals. Then winter arrives and so does a dead man. Someone has shot the wealthy benefactor of Farberville's neo-pagans. Now Claire is mixing some snooping with her Christmas shopping. But instead of wrapping up the case, she finds out tis the season for ho- ho- homicide . . . and she may be the next victim.
"Delightful entertainment, a just-right antidote to holiday busy-ness or anytime blahs."--"Publishers Weekly"
""A Holly, Jolly Murder "showcases Claire at her lovable best, struggling with a mystery just as she tries to widen her horizons by diving into the middle of New Age elements." "Painted Rock"
"A pleasant, entertaining series addition." "Library Journal""
Details
- Title Holly, Jolly Murder
- Author Joan Hess
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL
- Date 2006-10-31
- ISBN 9781250100276 / 1250100275
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.65 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.65 cm)
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Themes
- Holiday: Christmas
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Christmas stories, Women detectives
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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