[DI Bethany Smith 07] • Santa and the Secret

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DI Bethany Smith is on her way to join her partner, Mike, for Christmas at his mother’s. A killer is going to mess that up by falling back on an old habit and murdering when she doesn’t get what she wants.

Shamara has been full of a sense of entitlement her whole life, so why should it be any different now she’s an adult? She’s murdered before and ends up doing it again—all over a cup she received from the Secret Santa at work.

Why is Shamara so spiteful and selfish?

Who has she killed in the past?

And why is she fixated on creatures—and making sure they don’t breathe again?