A Christmas pageant. A dead Santa. All is not calm, and it’s definitely not bright.

The only thing Charlee Russo wants for Christmas are some silent nights so she can work on her mystery manuscript. Instead, she gets snowballed into writing and directing a Christmas play as a fundraiser for an elementary school to be held at the local senior center. But when the actor playing Santa drops dead at rehearsal, Charlee must deck the halls with thoughts of murder.

Rehearsals continue while she is forced to contend with sabotage, assault, and actors-young and old-refusing to learn their lines. As she digs deeper into Santa’s so-called accident, she gets a frosty reception from all the suspects on the naughty list. With the school funding at stake and a potential murderer involved in the production, she needs a Christmas miracle. Can Charlee pull off the pageant without anyone else getting sleighed?

Police Navidad is the fourth book in the Mystery Writer’s Mystery series. If you like fun, fast stories with warm and witty characters you want to hang out with, then you’ll love this cozy mystery from Becky Clark.

Praise from the readers of the Mystery Writer’s Mystery series

• Becky Clark’s suspenseful but humorous mystery had me hooked from beginning to end. Charlemagne Russo is a delightful, relatable character who I want to continue to get to know and follow in the Mystery Writer’s Mystery series.

• The characters were complex, the mystery was twisty, and Becky’s quirky sense of humor made it fun throughout.

• I love a good cozy and this one doesn’t disappoint. It’s fun with some laugh out loud lines but also a solid, meaty story.

• Loved watching her work her way through the clues-the story is creative, suspenseful, and smart. Plus the humor is terrific!