Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas

Year-Round Christmas Mystery, Book 6

By: Vicki Delany

Narrated by: Dina Pearlman

It's beginning to look a lot like murder in the sixth installment of this charming cozy mystery series, perfect for fans of Donna Andrews and Jacqueline Frost.

It's the beginning of December in Rudolph, New York, America's Christmas Town, and business is brisk at Mrs. Claus's Treasures, a gift and decor shop owned by Merry Wilkinson. The local amateur dramatic society is intensely preparing a special musical production of A Christmas Carol. But it's not a happy set, as rivalries between cast and crew threaten the production.

Tensions come to a head when a member of the group is found dead shortly after a shopping excursion to Mrs. Claus's Treasures. Was someone looking to cut out the competition? Everyone in the cast and crew is a potential suspect, including Aline, Merry's mother, and Merry's shop assistant Jackie O'Reilly, who was desperate for a starring role.

It could be curtains for Christmas—and for Merry—unless the killer can be ferreted out of the wings.

©2023 Vicki Delany (P)2023 Tantor

5 stars

This is an entertaining cozy mystery with engaging characters and an entertaining plot. I look forward to the next book.

narrator

This was such a great series until they changed the narrator in book 6. Not sure what happened and it does but at least be better to have picked someone similar as before. The new narrator ok but not fit nice tone of before, that why 4 star instead 5 like rest books. I will finish series but not the same.

Please fire Jackie

The narrator is horrible! And Jackie should have been fired ages ago. The book itself is good but between Jackie and the narrator being unsuitable for the characters espically Elieen it was hard to enjoy the book.

Disappointed With the New Narrator

I enjoy the story line, characters, and the goings on in Rudolph. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the new reader’s performance. I felt she made many of the ongoing characters in the book seem angry. If this was my first book to read having this narrator, I might not have minded it as much, but after listening to all the books before this one I was used to the voices of the characters.

Miss the previous narrator, placed voice with characters

change with narrator,
hard to follow, disappointing after first 5 books
changes the dynamic of characters.
love the story and the characters.,
fully invested in storyline.