My thanks go the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

Everything about Rudolph, NY is Christmas (all year long), but especially at Christmastime. The streets are bustling with shoppers and the Rudolph Community Theater Players are getting ready to perform a musical version of ‘A Christmas Carol’. Mary’s shop, ‘Mrs Claus’s Treasures’, is doing great, selling Christmas items and her boyfriend Alan’s, wooden delights. A sudden death of one of cast disrupts the celebration, and it brings out the worst in many people. With some of her close friends and family as suspects, Mary can’t stop herself from asking a few questions, much to the chagrin of the investigating detective. With her Saint Bernard, Matterhorn, in tow, Mary gets a little too close to solving the mystery and puts herself in jeopardy.

A fun, cozy mystery at Christmastime - what more can a person want. Rudolph, NY would be a fun place to visit.

I love Vicki Delany's cozy mysteries and "Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas" was funny & cozy with murder.

The storyline is excellent and the characters are interesting and well described. Would recommend
Thank you to Vicki Delany, NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the arc of this book

This was a wonderful Christmas themed mystery. Merry Wilkinson owns a gift and decor shop in Rudolph, New York. The local amateur theater group is putting on a musical production of A Christmas Carol. Tensions run high between the director, artistic director and the cast and crew. When a woman from the production is found strangled to death in Merry's store, and her mother Aline and employee Jackie both become suspects. Merry does her best to help the police find the real killer. I really enjoyed this book and read it in one sitting! Wonderful characters, lots of suspects, and a good solid plot. Thank you for providing me an advance readers copy to read and preview.

I was so excited to see another book in this series by Vicki Delany! As usual this is the perfect christmas cozy mystery.
If you haven't read the entire series you can still follow along just fine , although I def recommend reading the whole series!
Thank you netgally for the chance to read and review this book!

With the local theater troop putting on A Christmas Carol, a few new faces have joined the group and have a few different views on the performance. When the woman playing Mrs. Cratchit is killed in Merry’s store, she can’t help but try to figure out who killed the woman and why.

Without a lot of suspects with means, motive and opportunity, Merry finds her creativity taking over. But she knows she has to get proof in order to help the police nab the murderer. But will Merry get too close and scare the murderer into silencing her for good?

This series was brought back thanks to the many readers who loved it and asked for it to return. NEVER underestimate the power of reading and leaving reviews for your favorite reads and authors. Grab this one and give it a read and see why it has become so loved in the cozy genre…and why VIick Delany is one amazing author!

Lake Ontario, snow-season, amateur-theatre, amateur-sleuth, New York State, small-business, small-town, pet-dog, family-dynamics, family, friends, friendship, friction, gossip, egoist, murder-investigation, murder****

Merry Wilkinson is the owner of Mrs. Claus’s Treasures in a town that promotes Christmas all year long. There is quite a bit of strife between the new steamroller artistic director and many of the cast and crew of the local amateur theater group, but the murder victim is not her! Lots of local color and well delineated characters plus inventive plot twists. Less humor than I expected, but a good read, nonetheless. I loved it! This is the first I've read in this series.
I requested and received an EARC from Crooked Lane Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

Canadian author

I mostly enjoyed this book, it did get a little slow in the middle. I liked the characters, they’re well defined, although the dogs are great. I thought the ending is prefect for the play that is featured. #HaveYourselfaDeadlyLittleChristmas #NetGalley

Thank you to the publisher for allowing me to read this eARC.

I loved that this was so cozy and mysterious, it held my attention quickly and I finished it the same day. The details were comfy, the clues and twists were intriguing, and it made me wish for the holidays. Definitely a joy to read.