Tinsel and Treachery
(2026)(The third book in the Witchy Holiday Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
If you love witchy cozy mysteries, magical small towns, talking familiars, quirky characters, and a little holiday mayhem, welcome to Stardust Springs!
Christmas has come to Stardust Springs, which means twinkling magic, enchanted decorations, a town-wide Yuletide Spectacular, and enough holiday cheer to make even my sarcastic snake familiar, Harold, suspicious.
Great Aunt Ezzie has her sights set on winning the annual gingerbread contest, and once that woman decides she's taking home a ribbon, there's no stopping her. Especially when her entry includes a working magical door, questionable structural enchantments, and a history of baked goods that don't always behave themselves.
This year, I also have reinforcements. My friend Abby Odell has come to town for the holidays, along with Cooper, her opinionated feline familiar. Between Cooper and Harold, I'm not sure whether Stardust Springs is ready for them. I'm not entirely sure I'm ready for them.
But when the Yuletide Spectacular takes a deadly turn, the holiday cheer disappears faster than cookies at the Pixie Dust Café.
Suddenly, everyone has secrets. More than a few people have motives. And the clues don't add up.
With Abby's mystery-solving instincts, two familiars who notice far more than they let on, my eccentric group of magical friends, and Stardust Springs' handsome police chief caught in the middle of it all, I find myself tangled in another mystery.
Because in a magical small town, nothing is ever quite what it seems.
And this Christmas, someone has been very, very naughty.
Tinsel and Treachery is a fun, festive paranormal cozy mystery filled with witches, magic, an amateur sleuth, talking animal familiars, small-town secrets, quirky senior characters, a touch of romance, holiday hijinks, and a puzzling whodunit perfect for readers who love their Christmas cozies with a supernatural twist.
This is book three in the Witchy Holiday Cozy Series, a spin off series from the Witches of Holiday Hills Cozy Mysteries.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Christmas has come to Stardust Springs, which means twinkling magic, enchanted decorations, a town-wide Yuletide Spectacular, and enough holiday cheer to make even my sarcastic snake familiar, Harold, suspicious.
Great Aunt Ezzie has her sights set on winning the annual gingerbread contest, and once that woman decides she's taking home a ribbon, there's no stopping her. Especially when her entry includes a working magical door, questionable structural enchantments, and a history of baked goods that don't always behave themselves.
This year, I also have reinforcements. My friend Abby Odell has come to town for the holidays, along with Cooper, her opinionated feline familiar. Between Cooper and Harold, I'm not sure whether Stardust Springs is ready for them. I'm not entirely sure I'm ready for them.
But when the Yuletide Spectacular takes a deadly turn, the holiday cheer disappears faster than cookies at the Pixie Dust Café.
Suddenly, everyone has secrets. More than a few people have motives. And the clues don't add up.
With Abby's mystery-solving instincts, two familiars who notice far more than they let on, my eccentric group of magical friends, and Stardust Springs' handsome police chief caught in the middle of it all, I find myself tangled in another mystery.
Because in a magical small town, nothing is ever quite what it seems.
And this Christmas, someone has been very, very naughty.
Tinsel and Treachery is a fun, festive paranormal cozy mystery filled with witches, magic, an amateur sleuth, talking animal familiars, small-town secrets, quirky senior characters, a touch of romance, holiday hijinks, and a puzzling whodunit perfect for readers who love their Christmas cozies with a supernatural twist.
This is book three in the Witchy Holiday Cozy Series, a spin off series from the Witches of Holiday Hills Cozy Mysteries.
Genre: Cozy Mystery