Faithful dog Barnacle has run off into a snowstorm, disrupting Mabel’s fun outing at the Christmas tree farm. Things don’t improve much when he reappears…with a human skull.
Since Mabel moved into her late grandma’s house, the sleepy village of Medicine Spring has provided clean air, a close-knit community, and charming small-town shops. To her surprise, it’s also offered up several murders—and romance with a handsome private investigator. Now, Barnacle’s discovery plunges Mabel into the mystery surrounding a decades-old unsolved murder and the disappearance of her friend Nita’s great uncle.
Before Mabel, boyfriend John, and her friends can find answers and bring justice for Nita and her family, more complications develop. Incredibly, a sixty-year-old Christmas card arrives, bearing Mabel’s name and address and containing a plea for help. Are the mysteries related?
While Mabel tries to get to the bottom of these strange events, a second suspicious death casts suspicion on Nita. Can Mabel find the real killer in time? Or will her Christmas season end on an unholy night?
Since Mabel moved into her late grandma’s house, the sleepy village of Medicine Spring has provided clean air, a close-knit community, and charming small-town shops. To her surprise, it’s also offered up several murders—and romance with a handsome private investigator. Now, Barnacle’s discovery plunges Mabel into the mystery surrounding a decades-old unsolved murder and the disappearance of her friend Nita’s great uncle.
Before Mabel, boyfriend John, and her friends can find answers and bring justice for Nita and her family, more complications develop. Incredibly, a sixty-year-old Christmas card arrives, bearing Mabel’s name and address and containing a plea for help. Are the mysteries related?
While Mabel tries to get to the bottom of these strange events, a second suspicious death casts suspicion on Nita. Can Mabel find the real killer in time? Or will her Christmas season end on an unholy night?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release date: November 5, 2024
Release date: November 5, 2024
Excerpt from Mabel And The Unholy Night
“You pick something out for me,” she told John. “Nothing tiny. But not too big either—my size.” She measured her own five-foot-nine height with one hand. “I’ve got to go find Barnacle before he wanders too far off.”
If he hasn’t already.
“Hey.” John caught her sleeve. “Not without me, you don’t. I’m the idiot who told you to let him run a bit.”
Tim spoke up. “We’ll all go—won’t we, Lisa?”
Mabel’s tiny, dark-haired friend nodded sturdily. She’d stood by Mabel since kindergarten, no matter what. “There’s still lots of daylight left. We’ll have plenty of time to pick our trees after you catch Barnacle.”
Mabel knew she should protest. She didn’t want to be a party pooper, but it made sense to take enough people to fan out a bit.
She looked around at her friends. John, ruddy-cheeked, wore a red-striped watch cap covering the high-and-tight “winter haircut” now replacing his normal shave-down. Lisa rubbed her nose, already rosy from the cold. Snowflakes glistened in Tim’s dark beard.
Mabel took a deep breath of cold, pine-scented air and blew it out. “Okay. You’re right. Thanks, guys.”
If he hasn’t already.
“Hey.” John caught her sleeve. “Not without me, you don’t. I’m the idiot who told you to let him run a bit.”
Tim spoke up. “We’ll all go—won’t we, Lisa?”
Mabel’s tiny, dark-haired friend nodded sturdily. She’d stood by Mabel since kindergarten, no matter what. “There’s still lots of daylight left. We’ll have plenty of time to pick our trees after you catch Barnacle.”
Mabel knew she should protest. She didn’t want to be a party pooper, but it made sense to take enough people to fan out a bit.
She looked around at her friends. John, ruddy-cheeked, wore a red-striped watch cap covering the high-and-tight “winter haircut” now replacing his normal shave-down. Lisa rubbed her nose, already rosy from the cold. Snowflakes glistened in Tim’s dark beard.
Mabel took a deep breath of cold, pine-scented air and blew it out. “Okay. You’re right. Thanks, guys.”
 Susan Kimmel Wright | Susan Kimmel Wright began her life of mystery in childhood, with reading. That led to writing kids’ mysteries and eventually to Medicine Spring with Mabel. A longtime member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Susan’s also a prolific writer of personal experience stories, many for Chicken Soup for the Soul. She shares an 1875 farmhouse in southwestern PA with her husband, several dogs and cats, and an allegedly excessive stockpile of coffee and tea mugs. |
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Excerpt One: http://kid-lit.library-lady.blog/epic-book-launch-and-excerpt-mabel-and-the-unholy-night-cozy-mystery/
Excerpt Two: https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/2024/10/mabel-and-unholy-night-epic-book-launch.html
Excerpt Three: https://www.artistwriterandstudentohmy.com/posts/mabel-and-the-unholy-night-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Four: https://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews/epic-book-launch-mabel-and-the-unholy-night-by-susan-kimmel-wright
Excerpt Five: https://allofakindmom.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/new-release-mabel-and-the-unholy-night/
Excerpt Six: https://allysonjamison.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/mabel-and-the-unholy-night-book-launch/
Excerpt Seven: https://batyasbits.home.blog/2024/10/18/mabel-and-the-unholy-night/
Excerpt Two: https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/2024/10/mabel-and-unholy-night-epic-book-launch.html
Excerpt Three: https://www.artistwriterandstudentohmy.com/posts/mabel-and-the-unholy-night-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Four: https://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews/epic-book-launch-mabel-and-the-unholy-night-by-susan-kimmel-wright
Excerpt Five: https://allofakindmom.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/new-release-mabel-and-the-unholy-night/
Excerpt Six: https://allysonjamison.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/mabel-and-the-unholy-night-book-launch/
Excerpt Seven: https://batyasbits.home.blog/2024/10/18/mabel-and-the-unholy-night/
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