{"product_id":"bookseller-price-a-yuletide-kazoo-paperback","title":"BOOKSELLER PRICE: A Yuletide Kazoo (Paperback)","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.mcp-product-polish{background:#f5f0e5;border:1px solid #ded4bf;padding:24px 25px;margin:0 0 28px;color:#294336;position:relative}\n.mcp-product-polish .mcp-trade-kicker{font:700 11px\/1.4 Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.19em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#91774c;margin:0 0 12px}\n.mcp-product-polish h2{font:normal clamp(23px,3vw,32px)\/1.22 Georgia,serif!important;color:#1e3e31!important;margin:0 0 10px}\n.mcp-product-polish p{font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;color:#495c4e;margin:0}\n.mcp-product-polish .mcp-underline{height:2px;width:54px;background:#bc9e63;margin:0 0 17px}\nbody:has(.mcp-product-polish) .product__description{line-height:1.78;font-size:15px;color:#344337}\nbody:has(.mcp-product-polish) .product__description \u003e p{margin-bottom:1.5em}\nbody:has(.mcp-product-polish) .product__description \u003e p strong{text-decoration:none}\nbody:has(.mcp-product-polish) .product__info-container{max-width:670px}\n@media(min-width:750px){body:has(.mcp-product-polish) .product__media-wrapper{background:#f5f1e7;padding:15px;border:1px solid #e0d8c7}}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"mcp-product-polish\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mcp-trade-kicker\"\u003eMAPLECREST PRESS · BOOKSELLER EDITION\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mcp-underline\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Christmas mystery with absolutely no silent nights.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA standalone Highclere holiday farce. No previous reservation required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:12px;font-weight:700;color:#5a654d\"\u003eBookseller wholesale paperback · CAD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn entirely standalone Highclere Inn \u0026amp; Carriage House festive farce, set outside the main mystery series. No previous reservation required. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hillside with armed strangers, an inn reopened as bait, and one seventeen-year-old absolutely certain he can crack the case before Santa comes down the chimney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong before the mystery boxes, past lives and baffling murders, Highclere Inn \u0026amp; Carriage House faced its very first mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s Christmas Eve in the present day, and Mason Valentine’s nieces and nephews have finally cornered him into explaining the battered hubcap the family hangs where a Christmas wreath ought to be. His answer takes everyone back to December 2002—and a holiday adventure so improbable that several witnesses still dispute his version of events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat Christmas, seventeen-year-old Mason arrives early at Highclere with his best friend, Eulalie Sticks, hoping to recover his missing Christmas spirit. Within the hour, Eulalie has flipped off two unmarked SUVs idling on the hill above the resort, and Mason has discovered that his grandfather has \"generously\" volunteered the closed-for-the-season inn for an undercover police operation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plan is simple: reopen Highclere, lure in the suspects and unmask the crew behind a drug transfer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaturally, everything goes wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his formidable cousin Cordelia “Cici” Bradshaw attempting to keep the operation on course, a festive kazoo of mildly incompetent but wildly enthusiastic allies plunge headfirst into the investigation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with all the confidence—and questionable accuracy—of Mason Valentine remembering his most chaotic Christmas, A Yuletide Kazoo is a Highclere holiday legend of undercover blunders, suspicious arrivals, rapid-fire banter and the kind of festive spirit that generally requires police backup.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid it happen exactly the way Mason tells it? He insists it did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome family traditions begin with peace and goodwill.\u003cbr\u003eOthers require police surveillance and a surprisingly sturdy hubcap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MapleCrest Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67765054439576,"sku":null,"price":9.34,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/9456\/7320\/files\/81u3Tx2WUFL._SL1499.jpg?v=1792514321","url":"https:\/\/maplecrestpress.com\/products\/bookseller-price-a-yuletide-kazoo-paperback","provider":"MapleCrest Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}