Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse (A Southern Cousins Mystery)
By Peggy Webb
It may be Christmas in Tupelo, but Callie Valentine Jones’ not-quite-ex Jack is trussed up like a holiday turkey recovering from a shattered leg, cousin Lovie’s looking for love in all the wrong stockings, and Elvis the basset hound is out for revenge on a sneaky Lhasa Apso. Everyone finally gets into the spirit when Uncle Charlie is pressed into service as Santa at a weekend charity event in the mall. But Yuletide cheer turns to Yuletide fear after a killer tries to zap Charlie back to the North Pole marked “Return to Sender.”
Determined to find out who’s decking the mall with Christmas corpses, Elvis and the Valentines fill up their sleigh with suspects as they attempt to unmask a devil in disguise in time to turn their “Blue Christmas” all Christmas-y and white.
“Settle in for a ridiculously funny holiday mystery.” —Library Journal
“Ditzy. . .Elvis fans in need of a deep-fried farce may find this finger-lickin’ good.” —Publishers Weekly
“Callie Valentine-Jones is the spunkiest dog-loving hairdresser to sleuth in a long time.” —RT Book Reviews
It may be Christmas in Tupelo, but Callie Valentine Jones’ not-quite-ex Jack is trussed up like a holiday turkey recovering from a shattered leg, cousin Lovie’s looking for love in all the wrong stockings, and Elvis the basset hound is out for revenge on a sneaky Lhasa Apso. Everyone finally gets into the spirit when Uncle Charlie is pressed into service as Santa at a weekend charity event in the mall. But Yuletide cheer turns to Yuletide fear after a killer tries to zap Charlie back to the North Pole marked “Return to Sender.”
Determined to find out who’s decking the mall with Christmas corpses, Elvis and the Valentines fill up their sleigh with suspects as they attempt to unmask a devil in disguise in time to turn their “Blue Christmas” all Christmas-y and white.
“Settle in for a ridiculously funny holiday mystery.” —Library Journal
“Ditzy. . .Elvis fans in need of a deep-fried farce may find this finger-lickin’ good.” —Publishers Weekly
“Callie Valentine-Jones is the spunkiest dog-loving hairdresser to sleuth in a long time.” —RT Book Reviews