One Corpse Open Slay

📖 The Scoop

Welcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it's all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care...

Halliday Valentine here! It’s a week before Christmas, and my quaint holiday town, Marshmallow Hollow, is chock-a-block with seasonal activities. Some less fun than others…like the ice sculpting competition my bestie, Stiles, has talked me into. Let’s just say, as a pair, Michelangelo we ain’t. I’m secretly relieved when our epically awful ice display gets damaged. It gives me a chance to watch my new beau, Hobbs, compete in the sled race.

But not five seconds in, and Hobbs’s sled-loving dog, Stephen King, escapes my grip to get in on the action—and boy, does he. He even manages to find himself a sled to ride. Too bad it’s already occupied. With the corpse of a renowned ice sculpting judge.

True-crime lovers that we are, Hobbs and I jump right into the investigation. It’s not nosiness, I swear. A little kitten’s fate is on the line, after all (long story)!

Only problem? A bajillion suspects. The victim was nothing if not an equal-opportunity jerk, universally hated by everyone he’d ever met. And every suspect has an airtight alibi. Not to mention, the murder weapon is a giant mystery the police can’t solve.

All this sleuthing would be a heck of a lot easier if I could just use my magic. But can I trust Hobbs with that reveal? Or more accurately, is he ready for that reveal?

"Dakota never disappoints" Mary Janice Davidson author of Undead and Unwed

Keywords: Cozy witch paranormal mystery, suspense, female sleuth, amateur sleuth, ghosts, sweet romance, small coastal town, Christmas town, Maine, talking animals, humor, drama, clean read, familiars, psychic visions.

Fans of: Addison Moore, Barbara Anino, Leighann Dobbs, Amanda Lee, Amy Boyles, Bella Falls, Tricia O'Malley, Adele Abbott Annabelle Chase will enjoy this series!

Genre: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth (fancy, right?)