New Bites: Peggy Webb - Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse

 Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse by Peggy Webb came out on September 25.



Someone’s ringing slay bells and
Callie, her bodacious Cousin Lovie, and the basset hound who believes
he’s the King reincarnated must go on the hunt for a killer who’s
anything but jolly. 



It may be Christmas in Tupelo, but there’s precious little peace in the
valley for the Valentine gang. Callie Valentine Jones’ not-quite-ex Jack
is trussed up like a holiday turkey, recovering from a shattered leg.
Cousin Lovie’s on the rebound, looking for love in all the wrong
stockings. And Elvis the basset hound is out for revenge on the Lhasa
Apso who’s been singing “Merry Christmas, Baby” to his sweet French
poodle behind his tail.



Everyone finally gets into the spirit when Uncle Charlie is pressed into
service as Santa at a weekend charity event in the mall. But Yuletide
cheer turns to Yuletide fear after a killer tries to zap Charlie back to
the North Pole marked “Return to Sender”—and sends Rudolph to the big
reindeer pen in the sky.



Determined to find out who’s decking the mall with Christmas corpses,
Elvis and the Valentines fill up their sleigh with suspects. Could it be
the cookie lady who puts more than sugar into her Christmas goodies?
The deranged vet who vows to barbecue Santa? Or the former beauty queen
who’s been stalking Charlie in her spare time? Can the Valentine gang
unmask this devil in disguise in time to turn their “Blue Christmas” all
Christmas-y and white?