Here comes Santa paws
(Book)

Its the most wonderful time of the year in Connecticut, but Melanie Travis finds surviving this December may take a real Christmas miracle when a yuletide murderer comes to town . . . As Melanie attempts to deck the halls in a house overrun by pampered Poodles, her event planner friend, Claire, is busy playing Santabeard and belly not includedfor the wealthiest clientele on Connecticuts Gold Coast. A personal shopper gig in the affluent town of New Canaan seems like business as usual. Except Claires stylish stint comes at a higher price than she bargains for when she stumbles over her newest customers dead body on the job. Named a prime suspect for murder, she begs for Melanies help, then vanishes like cookies and milk on Christmas Eve . . . Determined to track down Claire, Melanie and her nosy Aunt Peg dash into a dizzying investigation that leads to even more questions. Why was homicide victim Lila Moran, a secretive woman with an untraceable past, permitted to live on a well-known socialite-turned-recluses private estate, and is Claire keeping her own incriminating secrets under wraps? Now, with a grinchy New Canaan detective on their case and disturbing clues piling up like presents beneath the tree, the crime-solving duo must rein in a sinister Kris Kringle before theyre the next ones on someones deadly wish list . . .