Silent Night Violent Night: a Cory Goodwin Mystery

Cory Goodwin and Lilah Darnell were rebels and comrades-in-arts at Mount Holyoke College. Now Corys a Boston journalist and a discreet private sleuth and Lilahs the trophy wife of wealthy science publisher Bruce Easton. The mystery is why Lilah a talented sculptor leading a charmed life is desperate for Cory to visit her waterfront Connecticut home. At the Eastons posh Christmas party for A-list authors and staff Cory spots a scoop. Harvard biologist Henry Howrigan is rumored to be involved in a brewing conflict--but with whom? Does Olive Chute hope to lure him away to run Chute Labs? Will rising star Jeff Abels edge him out? Is Jeff sleeping with Bruces secretary? Is Bruce sleeping with Henrys editor Melinda Doerr? Were any of them involved in the drowning last summer of Bruces son? A blizzard strands the party overnight--including the drunk and uninvited Tony Cyr Melindas ex-husband and Bruces ex-partner. When a string of nasty pranks turns fatal its up to Cory--daughter of NY detective Archie Goodwin and the groups only outsider--to trap the killer.