{"product_id":"9798887980713","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The Knives Before Christmas : A Santa-in-Training Mystery by J.Kent Holloway","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 01\/01\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInternational bestselling mystery author J. Kent Holloway spins a delightfully mischievous holiday mystery full of twists and turns sure to delight amateur sleuth fans of all ages!Holiday emporium owner Thomas Nast isn't your typical guy. His Victorian-era home is sentient with a 13-foot guard alligator named Tinsel living in its walls. A mostly invisible-and mischievous-elf named Peppermint reluctantly serves his every whim. And he just happens to be the next in line to become the real-life Santa Claus.?Until that happens, however, Tom spends his days helping the people-and frequent tourists-of Christmas, Florida, with all their Christmas and other holiday needs.   That is, of course, until he walks into his store one morning to find the body of a man dressed in full Santa costume-a man reviled by almost everyone in town-who's been stabbed multiple times with a pocketknife identical to six custom jobs Tom had given to his closest friends a few years earlier.   With Tom's young assistant, Trixie McNamara, in police crosshairs as the prime suspect, Tom is forced to dig up the dirt on his friends, a nasty town spinster, and a semi-retired mobster to prove Trixie's innocence. But as he investigates the murder, Tom will find himself in the crosshairs of an altogether different kind if he's not careful...and Santas-in-Training, he knows, can die just like anyone else. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369604886901,"sku":"9798887980713","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798887980713.jpg?v=1763553770","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9798887980713","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}