Bark The Herald Angels
(2025)(The second book in the Holiday Hounds Mystery series)
A novel by Hailey Hartley
When Laurel Merrick's grumpy landlord threatens to triple her rent and evict her from Tinsel & Time just days before Christmas, she thinks her holiday season can't get any worse. But when Frank Holbrook is found dead in the storage room beneath her shop, buried under an avalanche of artificial snow, Laurel discovers she was wrong. The police eye her as their prime suspect—after all, she had motive, opportunity, and was the last person seen arguing with the victim. With her shop's future hanging by a thread and her reputation in tatters, Laurel must clear her name before Chief Dalton decides she belongs behind bars instead of behind her register.
Armed with her best friend Colette and her scrappy terrier Tinsel—who won't stop barking at a seemingly innocent shelf of vintage ornament boxes—Laurel begins to dig into Frank's shady past. What she discovers is a web of fraud, betrayal, and hidden secrets that gave half the town reason to want Frank dead. From the ex-wife he cheated in their divorce to the business partner he swindled out of millions, everyone had a grudge. But which one was desperate enough to commit murder? And why won't Tinsel leave that storage room shelf alone?
As threatening messages escalate and someone begins watching her every move, Laurel realizes the killer isn't finished covering their tracks. With Christmas Eve approaching and the evidence mounting against her, she's running out of time to prove her innocence. Can she and Tinsel uncover the truth before the real murderer strikes again? Or will this Christmas investigation be her last?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Armed with her best friend Colette and her scrappy terrier Tinsel—who won't stop barking at a seemingly innocent shelf of vintage ornament boxes—Laurel begins to dig into Frank's shady past. What she discovers is a web of fraud, betrayal, and hidden secrets that gave half the town reason to want Frank dead. From the ex-wife he cheated in their divorce to the business partner he swindled out of millions, everyone had a grudge. But which one was desperate enough to commit murder? And why won't Tinsel leave that storage room shelf alone?
As threatening messages escalate and someone begins watching her every move, Laurel realizes the killer isn't finished covering their tracks. With Christmas Eve approaching and the evidence mounting against her, she's running out of time to prove her innocence. Can she and Tinsel uncover the truth before the real murderer strikes again? Or will this Christmas investigation be her last?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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