[A Cherry Tucker Mystery 6.50] • A Christmas Quick Sketch

A Cherry Tucker Mystery Maizie Albright Star Detective novella

First appeared in THE 12 SLAYS OF CHRISTMAS*

May Your Days Be Cherry Albright…

In this Rashomon-style Christmas mystery, while Cherry Tucker suffers from flu-induced visions of murder, Maizie Albright’s on the hunt for a missing granddaughter whose criminal stockings have long been filled with coal.

“It was like having the best of both characters in the same story, yet separated by their roles. I look forward to more adventures together or separately with these lovable characters.” —Dru Ann Love, Dru’s Book Musing

When Halo's most notorious artist, Cherry Tucker, thinks she sees a crime through her bedroom window, her feverish claims are ignored by her family. Trapped in bed, influenza is the least of her problems. Deputy Luke Harper can't be found. She can’t tell fevered dream from reality. And a very bad Santa knows Cherry’s spotted his Christmas killing. It's going to take a Christmas miracle for Cherry to recover.

Meanwhile, ex-celebrity and #WannabeDetective Maizie Albright’s determined to help an elderly woman find her missing granddaughter despite her private investigator boss (and not-so-secret crush) Wyatt Nash’s claims that the grandmother’s annual plea is nothing but a dangerously wild goose chase. This holiday, Maizie’s search takes her away from her family and Nash to Halo, Georgia, where a storm threatens her nerves and her quest. When a deviant Santa learns Maizie’s looking for the granddaughter, he put Maizie on his naughty list. This Santa may get his holly jollies from murder.

Books in the Cherry Tucker Humorous Mystery Series:

QUICK SKETCH (novella in HEARTACHE MOTEL) 

PORTRAIT OF A DEAD GUY (#1)

STILL LIFE IN BRUNSWICK STEW (#2)

HIJACK IN ABSTRACT (#3) 

DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE (#4)

THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE (#5)

THE VIGILANTE VIGNETTE (novella)

A COMPOSITION IN MURDER (#6)

A VIEW TO A CHILL (novella)

Books in the Maizie Albright Star Detective series:

15 MINUTES

16 MILLIMETERS

A VIEW TO A CHILL (novella)

NC-17