Tinsel, Trees And Treachery

A Smiley and McBlythe Mystery: Book 14

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Dog Mystery, Cozy Animal Mystery, Crime Mystery, Noir, Whodunnit, Private Eye, Clean, Cozy Murder Mystery, and Novels

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A Smiley and McBlythe Mystery — Book 14

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Dec 11, 2025

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245 pages

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Tinsel, Trees And Treachery

A Smiley and McBlythe Mystery: Book 14

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Blurb

A blind detective. A masked killer. One deadly Christmas.

Blind private investigator Steve Smiley is looking forward to a quiet Christmas when Branson music entertainer Candy Caine comes to him with an unusual problem: someone claiming to be Krampus—the demonic folklore figure who punishes the wicked—is demanding money. At first, she dismissed the threatening letters as a sick joke. But the demands have escalated, and now Krampus promises she'll pay for her sin of greed in blood.

When Candy is locked in her dressing room and smoke begins pouring under the door, the message becomes horrifyingly clear: pay up, or die.

With his loyal guide dog at his side and his sharp-witted team backing him up, Smiley must navigate a maze of an ambitious understudy, dysfunctional family members, and a ring of drug lords to expose the killer hiding behind the horned monster. But with Christmas drawing closer and the killer growing bolder, Smiley must unmask the monster behind the myth—before Candy Caine's final curtain call.

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