Crafts and Life

Krissy Hancock is staying in her adopted hometown of Pine Hills, Ohio, for Christmas this year—and she even has a whole week off from her combination bookstore-café. But a killer is about to dampen her spirits . . .
 
Unfortunately, Krissy’s been roped into filling in for a sick elf in the local holiday musical extravaganza. With a demanding director, backstage gossip, and two men in fierce competition for the starring role, it isn’t all sweetness and Christmas lights. Then a murder puts a stop to the production, and Krissy is faced with a pageant of suspects.
 
Could her ex-boyfriend, a fellow elf, really be the culprit as the police are claiming? Or will the actor playing Santa be trading his red suit for an orange jumpsuit? When her behind-the-scenes investigation starts getting dangerous, the only thing Krissy really wants is to make it to Christmas dinner alive. But first she’ll have to finish wrapping up this case . . .

Krissy was all ready to hop on a plane to go and stay with her father for Christmas when he phones and explains that he is planning on heading to Europe for Christmas with his girlfriend, whilst she is disappointed not to be going to see him – she is happy that he is finally back in the dating game post the death of Krissy's mum. This does mean as well that she should be able to spend some quality time with Will (her boyfriend) as they don't seem to be getting together as much these days.

She is just enjoying a relaxing coffee at work when Rita (a friend of a kind, and one of the town's main gossips!) come hurrying in and tells Krissy that she is needed to fill the role of an elf in the Christmas show as someone has dropped out due to illness! When she gets to the theatre she realises that the director is overly demanding, her ex (Robert) is playing the part of another elf and his newest girlfriend is playing Mrs Claus, unfortunately the man playing Santa is a total letch but that doesn't seem a good reason for him to wind up dead …. oh and Krissy saw Robert slipping out just before Santa's body was found and he is now the prime suspect.

Krissy needs to doff her elf hat and don her deerstalker to keep Robert out of jail and save the Christmas play … no problem!