Sainted Murder — Jo A. Hiestand

Winter's chill hits the Derbyshire uplands hard, but the busy preparations for December's annual St. Nicholas festival are in full swing in the village of Bramwell. The celebration is marked by baking bread for the poor and the elderly, but when a knife is found protruding from a dead man in the pulpit of a candlelit church, it appears the holiday now harbors a killer in its midst.

Detective Sergeant Brenna Taylor has barely begun her investigation when arson further disrupts events. Well aware that even the most quaint and charming of places can hide ghastly truths, she digs beneath the surface of ordinary lives to reveal secrets that include a shocking rivalry, a sordid affair, shattered dreams and troubled teens -- a heady mix of dark motives that could easily push anyone over the edge to murder....