Mrs. Claus and the Halloween Homicide

<b><i>Mrs. Claus is the gift that keeps giving in the second installment of Liz Ireland&#146;s newest cozy mystery series starring April Claus the newlywed wife of Nick Claus a.k.a. Santa as Halloween comes to the North Pole. </i></b><br>&#160;<br><br><b><i>April Claus knows being married to the real Santa makes every day feel like Christmas. But when a different holiday arrives at the North Pole so does murder...</i></b><br><b><i> </i></b><br>For the first time ever Christmastown is celebrating a strange new tradition&#151;Halloween. But not everyone is willing to watch their dependable winter wonderland get overrun by carved pumpkins and costume parties. As a series of scary happenings hit Santaland each one more intense than the last April realizes having a role in the festivities could cost her family friends&#151;even her own life.<br>&#160;<br>April isn&#146;t the only unlucky target. Outspoken elf Tiny Sparkletoe is found dead in the snow outside his cottage crushed in the middle of what appears to be a monstrous footprint. With mayhem descending like reindeer on rooftops April must stop the Halloween killer before the fate of Mrs. Claus becomes another creepy tale to tell in the dark...<br>