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Silent Night, Deadly Night
by Vicki Delany
Series: Year-Round Christmas Mystery #4
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Published by Berkley on August 27, 2019
Genres: Cozy Animal Holiday Mystery
Pages: 303
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas
Residents of Rudolph keep the spirit of Christmas alive year-round—but their joy is threatened when a group of grinches visits the town, in the charming fourth installment of the Year-Round Christmas series.
It's the week before Thanksgiving, and Merry Wilkinson, owner of Mrs. Claus's Treasures, is preparing for a weekend reunion of her mother's college friends. But when the group of women comes into Merry's shop, Merry is met with frosty attitudes and cold hearts.
The women argue amongst themselves constantly, and the bickering only intensifies after one of the friends is poisoned. With her father's role as Santa in danger due to his proximity to the crime, Merry will need to use all of her investigative gifts to wrap this mystery up and save Santa and her favorite holiday.
Reunions aren’t all they are cracked up to be. Sometimes the past is best left in the past.
Silent Night, Deadly Night by Vicki Delancy is marvelously written story with compelling characters, a stunning setting and a perfectly plotted mystery. I can’t wait to read the other books in this series.
Merry
Merry Wilkinson is our sleuth and main character. She has a gift shop in Rudolph, New York where they celebrate Christmas all year. Since it is the weekend before Thanksgiving, lots of things are happening in preparation for the Christmas season, and Merry is extremely busy.
Things I like about Merry
- Matterhorn aka Mattie her St Bernard and the walks they take together.
- The way that she loves her town and wants to protect it from bad things.
- Merry’s love of her family is sweet.
- The way she sales locally made items in her shop, along with some other lovely things from the city.
- Merry’s ability to see the puzzle pieces and mentally put them together is outstanding.
- The fact that she doesn’t cook much and yet she doesn’t complain about it.
Mystery & Story
A few things are going on in this installment.
First, Aline (Merry’s mom) is having a college reunion with the five ladies that she met and roomed with in college. These ladies don’t get along, and they are all in different social classes. They bickered way too much.
Then Karla dies, and it is clear that it is one of the other ladies killed her. But who and why? Can a secret from 40 years ago possibly be the reason for murder?
There is also a coo to out Merry’s dad as the town Santa Claus. And Thanksgiving is this week, so Merry’s shop is preparing for the upcoming Christmas holiday. Someone is shoplifting in the town’s shops. Oh, and the interim mayor may or may not be compromised by a blackmailer.
So, lots of things to keep the story moving right along.
5 Stars for Silent Night, Deadly Night by Vicki Delancy
My rating for Silent Night, Deadly Night by Vicki Delancy is five stars. I love this story so much that I couldn’t put it down and read into the wee hours of the morning. Then when I woke up, it was the first thing on my mind, and I told my mom the whole story over breakfast. So, this is a fabulous story, and I recommend it to all of you cozy fans out there.
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About Vicki Delany
Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. She has written more than thirty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is currently writing four cozy mystery series: the Tea By The Sea mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year Round Christmas mysteries and, as Eva Gates, the Lighthouse Library series.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2019 Cloak and Dagger
- 2019 Craving For Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2019 Cruisin' Thru The Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2019 New Release Challenge
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