Mrs. Claus and the Evil Elves

by Liz Ireland

Jessica Fletcher meets Tim Burton in this creative and witty cozy mystery series from Liz Ireland, filled with unconventional characters, year-round Christmas cheer, and a unique heroine who's married to the real-life Santa Claus!

April Claus has grown to love her new North Pole home almost as much as she loves her husband, Nick--Santa himself. But even in Christmastown, the holidays can be murder...

April Claus is getting an early gift for her second Christmas in Santaland. Her dear friend, Claire, is visiting from Oregon, and April hopes to show off her adoptive country at its cozy, glittering best. But when the annual ice sculpture contest is derailed by a kamikaze drone-deer, it's just the first in a series of un-festive events...

Drone-deer, created by inventor elf Blinky Brightlow, are none too popular with the genuine, flesh-and-hoof kind, who are currently on strike. With no reindeer games to keep them in shape, Nick worries they may get too chunky to pull his sleigh come Christmas. Now Blinky is missing, his girlfriend, Juniper, is under suspicion, and between rogue reindeer and conniving elves, all of Santaland seems to have gone sugarplum-crazy. Add a dash of murder to the mix, and suddenly April is battling not just to clear Juniper's name, but to save herself from being put on ice--permanently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496737814
• ISBN13: 9781496737816
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Kensington Cozies
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Cozy Mystery

This is a Cozy Mystery, and this is the third book in the Mrs. Claus series. I have read the second book in this series before picking up this book, but I do think you can read this book as a standalone without any problems. I find this book to be a cute and fun read. The characters are cute and fun. I love the Christmas setting in this book, and I love the main character Mrs. Claus. The mystery in this book was fun and kept me guessing, but the main thing I love about this book is the characters and the setting. The ending was so great, and I loved it so much. This is a great cozy mystery series. The only thing I did not love about this book is that the murder did not happen until almost at the half way point of the book. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.