A Claus for Revenge — J.B. Perkins

The Christmas season is in full swing in the small lakeside town of Beavers Point. Just as everyone in town is preparing for the upcoming winter festival, threatening notes begin to appear. A local woman who never leaves her house is in a serious accident. A resident on his way home stumbles across a dead body left in the park. Rumors that a ghost is responsible for the death show up on social media. The incidents have everyone baffled including the town's amateur sleuth.Since moving to Beavers Point two years earlier, Jolene Mackenzie has reconnected with old friends, made some new ones, found the love of her life, opened her own bakery, and solved several murders along the way. But this time, she insists that she has no time to get involved. Her wedding is taking place in a mere three weeks and things aren't going smoothly.What will Jolene do? Her crazy neighbor Phyllis is insisting that they join forces to solve the crime. Her archenemy Amy Daniels is out to destroy her life by spreading nasty rumors, creating chaos during the town's festival, and writing horrible reviews. And it seems that her best friend Zoe is only capable of delivering bad news.Jolene finds that she just can't help herself. She and her quirky, crazy friends and family team up to solve the mystery. Her fiancé Isaac has learned that he can't prevent Jolene from sleuthing. He has no doubt that she's putting herself in a dangerous situation. At this point, all he can do is help her out and protect her the best he can. Will they be able to unravel the clues before the killer strikes again? Or before Jolene ends up dead?This is a cozy mystery with a female amateur sleuth in a small town setting. It contains no strong profanity, sex, gore, or graphic scenes of violence.