Tis the Season to Be Murdered — Valerie Wolzien

THE APPETIZERS WERE TO DIE FOR

Exhausted after shopping for teenagers, struggling with Cappuccino machines, and eating way too mane cookies, Susan Henshaw is glad she hired "The Holly and Ms. Ivy" to cater her annual New Year's bash.

Rut when half the team, the blond and buffed Z Holly, chef extraordinaire and notorious ladies' man, is found strangled in a van full of helium balloons, Susan starts hunting for a killer and a way to save her party.

Though kept in the dark by the police, Susan crashes the holiday parties of Hancock, nibbling her wav through epicurean delights and sordid tales of sin, secrets, and murderous intent....