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Having a Fudgy Christmas Time

By Nancy Coco
Having a Fudgy Christmas Time by Nancy Coco digital book - Fable

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Fans of the perennially popular Candy-Coated Mystery series featuring Allie McMurphy are treated to a holiday e-novella in which Allie’s frequent sleuthing partner Carol Tunisian gets mixed up in a holiday homicide.

’TIS THE SEASON FOR FUDGE—AND SLEUTHING
 
Carol is looking forward to finishing plans for the Mackinac Island Senior Center Christmas Ball. But when she arrives at the center, she finds the door jimmied open and a dead man inside. The victim is a local senior who seems to have been sleeping in the center at night—but why? Although she promises Officer Rex Manning not to involve her book club in solving the mystery, Carol finds a way to fudge around that. Rallying her troop of silver-haired sleuths—and with some support from Ally in between her batches of Christmas fudge -- Carol sets out to discover which grinch tried to steal this Christmas. All she wants from Santa is to get this case wrapped up with a bow!
 
Praise for Nancy Coco and the Candy-Coated Mysteries

I will be counting down the days until the next mystery with Allie McMurphy.”
Cozy Mystery Book Reviews

“Full of disguises, danger, and one determined amateur sleuth.” —Fresh Fiction

“A sweet series for cozy mystery readers.”—Parkersburg News & Sentinel

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“Amateur sleuth and senior community busybody Carol Tunisian is at the senior center bright and early and ready to get started on her day when she finds the door jimmied open and a dead guy inside. To Officer Rex’s dismay, Carol immediately gathers her book club together to start working on this murder mystery. I’m on the hunt for some great Christmas-themed books and this one was just meh for me. Carol and her senior friends weren’t nearly as endearing as Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Vera Wong or Fredrik Backman’s Ove. The included recipes for holiday treats were a nice touch though. Thank you @netgalley and @kensingtonbooks for the advanced copy of this book.”

About Nancy Coco

Nancy Coco is the acclaimed author of the Candy-Coated Mysteries, the Oregon Honeycomb Mystery series, a number of romantic suspense novels, Western historical romances, and four additional mystery series written under the name Nancy J. Parra. An Air Force veteran who rose to the rank of sergeant, Nancy is a member of an online group of female veterans called RomVets: Military Women Who Have Turned Sword to Pen (RomVets.com). She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. Nancy lives in Oregon with a Bichonpoo affectionately known as “Little Dog” on Facebook and Twitter. Visit her online at www.NancyJCoco.com.
 
The author will donate a portion of her earnings from this book to the ASPCA®.
 
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