A Deadly Little Christmas // Merry Little Murder — Mary Welk

It's a holiday nightmare when an artificial Christmas tree explodes in the psychiatric unit of St. Anne's hospital. On-duty nurse Caroline Rhodes is thankful to be alive, but seven others are dead and she wants answers. Was this simply a random act of violence, or was it targeted? And what kind of skeletons were hiding in her patients' closets?

Nasty ones, it would seem, when someone tampers with the brakes of her car and Caroline takes a near-fatal spin on some black ice. Enlisting the help of her friend Professor Carl Atwater, she digs into the lives of the victims and discovers one of them hid a tale of scandal and greed. Soon Caroline's found the motive and the murderer. But surviving long enough to expose the truth may take a Christmas miracle.