A Deadly Release: A Small Town Christmas Shopping Dog Cozy Mystery

About A Deadly Release: A Small Town Christmas Shopping Dog Cozy Mystery

When bookshop owner Paige Turner hosts the midnight release party for the final installment of the beloved Snowberry Tales series, she expects magic, excitement, and maybe a few tears from devoted fans. What she doesn't expect is to find the famous author dead in her stockroom, half-buried beneath a pile of her own unsold books. The literary world is stunned, two hundred party guests are potential suspects, and Paige's cozy children's bookstore has become the scene of a crime.

With her best friend Harper Cole serving up coffee and moral support from the café next door, and her loyal beagle Dickens providing surprisingly useful assistance, Paige sets out to uncover who turned the biggest night of the year into a deadly finale. As Paige digs deeper into the victim's carefully curated public image, she discovers that the celebrated author had more enemies than fans—from a bitter former colleague to an overworked assistant, from a resentful illustrator to family members harboring decades-old grudges. The clues lead Paige through the charming streets of Frostvale Village, from the local library to the Historical Society archives, where she uncovers secrets that stretch back to childhood and a story that someone was willing to kill to keep buried.

But as Paige gets closer to the truth, she realizes the killer is watching her every move, and some stories have endings that no one sees coming. Set against the magical backdrop of a coastal Maine Christmas, complete with snow-dusted cobblestones, a historic lighthouse, and a community that rallies together in times of trouble, "A Deadly Release" is a fitting conclusion to the Christmas Shopping Gone Wrong Mysteries series. This final installment delivers everything fans have come to love: snappy dialogue, charming characters, fair-play clues, and a puzzle that will keep readers guessing until the last page.