Merry Christmas, Murdock — Robert J. Ray

Silent Night in Southern California

They don't believe in Santa. The girls hanging out at the Xanadu Mall are too young, their jeans too tight, their eyes too old. Now the too-fast life of one of these poor little rich kids has been nearly snuffed out by a hit-and-run driver. Murdock's job is to find out who did it and why.

Sniffing for clues among the "mall rats," Murdock discovers Cindy Duke, another California teen princess with a king-size problem: a missing father and a mansion complete with swimming pool, sexy mama, and seamy secrets. It's Christmas, and Murdock is invited to enter the parties and passions of Orange County's moneyed elite -- where he's suddenly all wrapped up for the holiday...in sex, sin, and murder.