{"product_id":"9798887980706-knives-before-christmas","title":"The Knives Before Christmas","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Santa-in-Training Mystery\u003cbr\u003eA cozy holiday whodunit in which a Santa-in-training must solve the mystery of a dead body found in his holiday emporium when the murder weapon—a custom pocketknife—points to one of his six closest friends as the killer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternational bestselling mystery author Kent Holloway spins a delightfully mischievous holiday mystery full of twists and turns sure to delight amateur sleuth fans of all ages!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoliday emporium owner Thomas Nast isn't your typical guy. His Victorian-era home is sentient with a 13-foot guard alligator named Tinsel living in its walls. A mostly invisible—and mischievous—elf named Peppermint reluctantly serves his every whim. And he just happens to be the next in line to become the real-life Santa Claus. Until that happens, however, Tom spends his days helping the people—and frequent tourists—of Christmas, Florida, with all their Christmas and other holiday needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is, of course, until he walks into his store one morning to find the body of a man dressed in full Santa costume—a man reviled by almost everyone in town—who's been stabbed multiple times with a pocketknife identical to six custom jobs Tom had given to his closest friends a few years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Tom's young assistant, Trixie McNamara, in police crosshairs as the prime suspect, Tom is forced to dig up the dirt on his friends, a nasty town spinster, and a semi-retired mobster to prove Trixie's innocence. But as he investigates the murder, Tom will find himself in the crosshairs of an altogether different kind if he's not careful.and Santas-in-Training, he knows, can die just like anyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56678707036534,"sku":"9798887980706","price":13.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38205748_3c384c0e-ffe2-4a45-a3e4-866a8a63289c.jpg?v=1763801127","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9798887980706-knives-before-christmas","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}