By Jackie O’Reilly from the Year Round Christmas mysteries by
Vicki Delany
Pooh! It’s Christmas
in July. Santa Claus is coming to Rudolph, New York, to start his annual vacation
by the lake, and the town’s putting on a boat parade. Once the flotilla arrives at the beach, Santa
will set up his chair and meet with kids. The whole town will be out for the
occasion: musical acts on the bandstand, an ice cream stand, craft and baking
tables, games for kiddies.
Fun fun fun.
Where will I be? Stuck here, in Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, all
alone. Even Merry, the store owner, won’t
be here. She’s acting the role of Mrs. Claus. She gets to ride on a boat, and play
dress up at the beach, and flirt with Alan Anderson, Santa’s head toy maker.
While I have to work!
It’s not fair. Kyle, my boyfriend, is working at the ice
cream stand. I bet he looks really cute in his uniform.
No one’s going to be interested in doing any shopping, not
with all the activity going on down at the park. If I sneak out, Merry will
never know.
No one’s going to come into the shop.
Find out if someone does come into Mrs. Claus’s Treasures
when no one is there in Hark the Herald Angels Slay, the third
Year Round Christmas mystery from Vicki Delany, coming November 28 from Penguin
Random House.

Vicki Delany is the author of the Year Round Christmas series, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mysteries and, as Eva Gates, the Lighthouse Library series. Please visit www.vickidelany.com, and sign up for newsletter info and contests at www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor
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