Murder at Friendly Farm — Jacqueline Vick

Santa's Dead?  When reclusive crime reporter Evan Miller is coerced by his best friend and his nephew into purchasing a tree for Christmas, he doesn't expect to enjoy the experience. How right he is. The quaint Friendly Farm of his childhood has become a marketing extravaganza, his current crush is romancing a studly farmhand, and he inadvertently catches the eye of the local mafioso. Then Evan discovers the body of Santa Claus hidden in the corn maze. The only way to bring this night to a close is to find out who killed the jolly fat man.  A Christmas novella.