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Tinsel Trails, Ransom Notes, and a House-Elf Gone Missing
The morning after the pop-star circus should have been calm, but Gilbert, the house-elf at Claus Cottage and my most enthusiastic "helper", doesn't show for cocoa duty. His apron hangs on its hook, his boots sit by the door, and a candy-stripe note waits on the sill.
Chief Superintendent Wiggles calls it what it is: kidnapping. The elf police sweep Candy Cane Hollow while Mrs. Claus steadies the cottage and Nick refuses to let me go anywhere alone. Rumors race through town about grudges at the Festival Hall, sniping at the Elvish Guild, and a journalist who won't stop sniffing.
I follow the small signs I know are Gilbert's--scuffed snow by the gate, a stray ribbon from his apron--through snow-dusted lanes and back rooms where Christmas cheer can't quite reach. Candy Cane Hollow isn't just a backdrop; it's our home, and Gilbert is family.
I need answers before the next demand arrives so he's back where he belongs: safe, loud, and bossing the cocoa.
Yule Be Sorry is the sixth book in the Candy Cane Hollow Christmas Cozy Mystery series. A warm, magical, and clean holiday whodunit for fans of Hallmark-style cozies and anyone who wishes they could spend Christmas in Santa's own hometown.
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Praise for the Candy Cane Hollow Christmas Cozy Mystery series:
5 out of 5 stars "This Christmas cozy mystery series is by far the best I've ever read!"
5 out of 5 stars "Great characters and story lines. A definite read for any fan of cozy mysteries."
5 out of 5 stars "It's all things cozy, cute and Christmas perfection."
5 out of 5 stars "Simple and full of the type of Christmas magic that helps you escape your everyday problems."
5 out of 5 stars "A delight to read... built on all the wonderful coziness of Christmas Corpse."
5 out of 5 stars "Magical setting... the mystery was good and not easily solved."
5 out of 5 stars "So much fun, couldn't put it down... keeps you guessing."
5 out of 5 stars "Another fun book in this delightful series... Couldn't put it down."
5 out of 5 stars "What a delightful story... It is full of Christmas magic!"
5 out of 5 stars "This was an easy-to-read Christmas murder mystery... a happy ending."
5 out of 5 stars "This was a great read... The small-town feeling sounded wonderful year-round."
The morning after the pop-star circus should have been calm, but Gilbert, the house-elf at Claus Cottage and my most enthusiastic "helper", doesn't show for cocoa duty. His apron hangs on its hook, his boots sit by the door, and a candy-stripe note waits on the sill.
Chief Superintendent Wiggles calls it what it is: kidnapping. The elf police sweep Candy Cane Hollow while Mrs. Claus steadies the cottage and Nick refuses to let me go anywhere alone. Rumors race through town about grudges at the Festival Hall, sniping at the Elvish Guild, and a journalist who won't stop sniffing.
I follow the small signs I know are Gilbert's--scuffed snow by the gate, a stray ribbon from his apron--through snow-dusted lanes and back rooms where Christmas cheer can't quite reach. Candy Cane Hollow isn't just a backdrop; it's our home, and Gilbert is family.
I need answers before the next demand arrives so he's back where he belongs: safe, loud, and bossing the cocoa.
Yule Be Sorry is the sixth book in the Candy Cane Hollow Christmas Cozy Mystery series. A warm, magical, and clean holiday whodunit for fans of Hallmark-style cozies and anyone who wishes they could spend Christmas in Santa's own hometown.
_________________________________________________________
Praise for the Candy Cane Hollow Christmas Cozy Mystery series:
5 out of 5 stars "This Christmas cozy mystery series is by far the best I've ever read!"
5 out of 5 stars "Great characters and story lines. A definite read for any fan of cozy mysteries."
5 out of 5 stars "It's all things cozy, cute and Christmas perfection."
5 out of 5 stars "Simple and full of the type of Christmas magic that helps you escape your everyday problems."
5 out of 5 stars "A delight to read... built on all the wonderful coziness of Christmas Corpse."
5 out of 5 stars "Magical setting... the mystery was good and not easily solved."
5 out of 5 stars "So much fun, couldn't put it down... keeps you guessing."
5 out of 5 stars "Another fun book in this delightful series... Couldn't put it down."
5 out of 5 stars "What a delightful story... It is full of Christmas magic!"
5 out of 5 stars "This was an easy-to-read Christmas murder mystery... a happy ending."
5 out of 5 stars "This was a great read... The small-town feeling sounded wonderful year-round."
Price: $19.99
Pages: 300
Publisher: Vinci Books Ltd
Imprint: Vinci Books Ltd
Publication Date:
06 October 2026
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.10 in
ISBN: 9781036714215
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Culinary, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Paranormal, FICTION / Holidays, Romance: cosy / cozy, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
ONE PENNY A STORY, I called across the playground.
Entirely unusual, given how shy I was (and still am), for me to be shouting anything across a playground.
But there I was, a double-sided sheet of narrow ruled paper (I've always been kind of particular about the paper I like. Back then, narrow ruled. Now, grid.) in my hand, selling stories I hadn't yet wrote.
Every line featured a different title. I'd lay on my bed the night before thinking of them all, probably singing along to Boyzone songs as I did [hey, don't judge... I see you over there like you never thought you were destined to marry a boy band singer...].
My school friends could buy a Mona original for one penny. One penny!
They'd pick the title they liked, hand over their sweaty penny, and I'd write the story for them.
And I've never grown out of writing stories.
Now, I write cozy mystery stories from my den in the Peak District, and when I'm not writing them, I'm reading them.
Entirely unusual, given how shy I was (and still am), for me to be shouting anything across a playground.
But there I was, a double-sided sheet of narrow ruled paper (I've always been kind of particular about the paper I like. Back then, narrow ruled. Now, grid.) in my hand, selling stories I hadn't yet wrote.
Every line featured a different title. I'd lay on my bed the night before thinking of them all, probably singing along to Boyzone songs as I did [hey, don't judge... I see you over there like you never thought you were destined to marry a boy band singer...].
My school friends could buy a Mona original for one penny. One penny!
They'd pick the title they liked, hand over their sweaty penny, and I'd write the story for them.
And I've never grown out of writing stories.
Now, I write cozy mystery stories from my den in the Peak District, and when I'm not writing them, I'm reading them.