Bear Claus — Linda B. Myers

PI Bear Jacobs is mired down in the holidays with seasonal depression. His e-Watson, Lily, knows a mystery to solve will bring him around. She aims him at the perfect puzzle: somebody is charging Eunice's account for too many fancy pants at the My Fair Pair lingerie shop. Bear investigates, following a shop employee on a merry chase through a local casino. Then all turns far more serious as the trail leads to a homeless camp in the Northwest Forest and possibly to more dangerous places beyond. Bear Claus is a Christmas novella in the PI Bear Jacobs series