Grievance in Gingerbread Alley

When Augusta (Gus) Chance takes a break from her duties as Sheriff of Mystic Notch to indulge in her hobby of playing jazz piano in Christmas Village she never imagines that a surprise from her past will cause her to become embroiled in the investigation of a suspicious death.
She soon discovers that Christmas Village isn't the idyllic holiday retreat that it appears to be. Something sinister is lurking beneath all that Christmas cheer and the village regulars are harboring dangerous secrets. What does the murder have to do with the maids-a-milking, the swans-a-swimming and the partridge in the pear tree? Gus is on a mission to find out, but she soon discovers that solving a murder is not so easy when you don't have the benefit of a sheriff's badge.
This humorous Christmas cozy mystery novella features Sheriff Gus Chance from Leighann Dobbs' Mystic Notch series in a twisty old-fashioned who done it in a warm and cozy Christmas village setting.