Halloween Night Murder

Theres usually a chill in the air when Halloween arrivesbut in these three novellas by beloved cozy mystery authors Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Liz Ireland, the crimes are even colder than the haunted climate . . . HALLOWEEN NIGHT MURDER by LESLIE MEIER After a tiring but satisfying day of organizing Halloween festivities, Lucy Stone is surprised by a lone late-night trick-or-treater at her home in Tinkers Cove, Maine. The next morning, shes heartbroken to learn that the teenager died in a hit-and-run just minutes after she gave him the last of her candy supply. Haunted, she starts digging into his storyand discovers some dark secrets . . . DEATH OF A HALLOWEEN NIGHT STALKER by LEE HOLLIS Bad weather has stranded restaurateur Hayley Powell and her friends in rural Maineand the only shelter available is a spooky spot where theyre welcomed warmly by the lady of the housebut coldly by her suspicious, gun-toting son. Theyre even more nervous after he scares them with his Halloween zombie costumebut the real fright is yet to come . . . MRS. CLAUS AND THE WILY WITCH by LIZ IRELAND Disgraced elf Flake has returned from exile just in time for Halloween, but not everyone in Christmastown thinks hes truly reformed. When Pumblechook the snowman suffers a mysterious fate, and a fellow elf is felled by Flakes caramels, Mrs. Claus must determine whether the sticky-fingered Flake has become a hardened criminalor if sorcery has invaded Santaland . . .