In the new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the writer of Simply no Grater Danger, when the town’s resident Scrooge is available dead, Jaymie says Bah humbug! to murder .

Now that Thanksgiving’s behind her, vintage cookware aficionado Jaymie Leighton Müller is excitedly making plans for the upcoming Dickens Times festival-the town’s month-long special event before Christmas. With a hot cider booth in the village green to warm the hearts and bodies from the townsfolk and a diorama having a scene from about Breaking the Mould A Xmas Carol, issues are shaping up for a festive season-until the town’s local Scrooge is found murdered, an antique pudding mould covering his damaged skull.

Nearly everyone had a reason to dislike Evan Nezer-either for his bullying ways or his obnoxious arrogance-but along with his body being within Jaymie’s diorama, she’ll need to figure out who hated him enough to find out him dead. With many suspects and much more secrets coming to the top as she investigates, Jaymie feels buried by a blizzard of signs. But with Dickens Times on hold before police can nab the killer, she’s motivated to catch the culprit so the ghost of Evan Nezer doesn’t cast a pall over the whole Christmas season.