A festive B&B. A grinchy guest. A missing manuscript—and another murder.

Ellie Byrne was hoping for a quiet holiday season, filled with sugar cookies, Christmas movies, and zero dead bodies. But when a famous author drops dead during a winter storm—and his final manuscript mysteriously vanishes—her cozy bed-and-breakfast in Salem Falls becomes the center of a snow-covered scandal.

Soon, Ellie and her opinionated pets are up to their eyeballs in secrets, suspects, and surprise guests with hidden agendas. As the guest list grows and the lies pile higher than the holiday wreaths, it's up to Ellie to untangle the clues before the killer strikes again.

Can she solve the mystery and salvage the season, or will Christmas at the B&B become a permanent cold case?

If you love cozy mysteries with middle-aged heroines, talking animals, and holiday hijinks, you'll adore this heartwarming—and hilarious—paranormal whodunit.