A review by shammons
Christmas Cocoa Murder by Alex Erickson, Maddie Day, Carlene O'Connor

3.0

I borrowed this three holiday novella compilation from my local library, and only read the one by Carlene O'Connor, in my effort to stay current in the Irish Village mysteries. Goodreads had the order as me reading this one after the Irish Churchyard one, but I thought chronologically, that this one likely should have been read before it. However, there were no spoilers and it didn't matter in the least. This was a short fun read, involving the town (Kilbane) Santy (Santa), a murder in a dunk tank full of hot cocoa, and lots of great Christmas references and traditions. I enjoyed it, and am looking forward to the next in the series (which I already have in my greedy little hands, since thankfully I was able to obtain from the library - they don't have all in this series, but several).