A review by katkinney
Christmas Cocoa Murder by Alex Erickson, Carlene O'Connor, Maddie Day

4.0

In this collection of three cozy mystery novellas, hot chocolate takes center stage! In the first novella, missing dogs, quaint Irish villages, and handcrafted nutcrackers all play a role. When a police officer in training discovers the town dogs are going missing… and then discovers Santa dead in a carnival dunk tank, she decides to investigate. I really enjoyed the unusual small-town Irish village setting, the sleuthing, and figuring out the mystery.

The last of the three tales was another unusual setting for a Christmas novella-set in an escape room party!

Spoiler

Eight participants have to figure out how to get out of the escape room building when the host suddenly drops dead. Just like before, cocoa is involved.

An enjoyable collection of tales.

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.