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$25 & Kindle #Giveaway A Case for the Toy Maker by Candace Havens @CandaceHavens @XpressoTours Ends 11.5

October 25, 2020 By Mary 41 Comments



A Case for the Toy Maker
Candace Havens
(Ainsley McGregor #3)
Published by: Tule Publishing
Publication date: October 26th 2020
Genres: Adult, Cozy Mystery

Ho. Ho. No…

It’s Christmas in Sweet River, Texas, and the whole town is feeling festive apart from Ainsley McGregor. Ainsley has never enjoyed the holidays and would rather ignore them, but with her shop Bless Your Art busier than ever and filled with happy shoppers, even she’s feeling some Christmas spirit. That is, until her Great Dane, George Clooney, sniffs out a dead body in the Santa House at the Christmas Festival.

When one of her favorite crafters becomes the prime suspect, Ainsley is determined to prove his innocence. The case is full of so many twists and turns that even Ainsley begins to fear the truth. Is she protecting a killer?

With help from her friends and some extremely nosey townsfolk, Ainsley and her dog hurry to find the truth––as long as they can outwit and outrun the killer first. Otherwise, this Christmas might just be her last.

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EXCERPT:

“There’s the Santa house,” Shannon said, just as George growled menacingly. “What’s wrong, George?” That growl was never a good sign, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.

I had a strong urge to turn around and walk back to the store. But my curiosity knew no bounds. I had to find out what was going on.

We stopped in front of Santa’s house, which was a bigger version of our booth except it really did look like a house right out of the North Pole. “Wow, they did a great job. It’s fancy,” I said.

George growled again. A knot formed in my stomach, twisting hard.

Shannon glanced at him and then me. “Ainsley? You don’t think…is something wrong?”

“I hope not,” I said. George had done this before and it had never been good news.

He barked and then did the high-pitched whine that told me something I really didn’t want to know.

“No,” I whispered.

“Ains?”

I took a deep breath and pulled my phone out of my pocket. “Hold on to George—tight.” After handing her the leash, I turned on the flashlight app on my phone.

“You’re freaking me out,” she said, as she gripped the leash tightly.

“I’m freaking myself out.” Opening the double doors to Santa’s house, I peeked inside.

My breath caught, and bile rose in my throat.

“Call my brother.” My voice was nothing more than a hoarse whisper. I forgot I had my phone in my hand. “What is it?”

The image of the man with the candy-cane-striped pole sticking out of his chest would be burned in my brain forever.

“Santa is dead.”

Author Bio:

Bestselling author Candace Havens has written more than 35 novels. She has won the Holt Medallion and her books have received nominations for the RITA’s and Write Touch Reader Awards. She is the author of the biography Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy and a contributor to several anthologies. She is also one of the nation’s leading entertainment journalists and has interviewed countless celebrities including Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage, Tom Cruise, George Clooney and many more. Candace also runs a free online writing workshop for more than 2000 writers and teaches comprehensive writing classes. She does film reviews for Hawkeye in the morning on 96.3 KSCS, and is a former President of the Television Critics Association.

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  1. Mya Murphy
    Mya Murphy says

    October 25, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    This cover is too darn adorable!

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  2. James Robert – United States – Single dad raising my 5 kids and enjoying life.
    James Robert says

    October 25, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Your book sounds like a great read and thank you for sharing it with us.

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  3. Gwendolyn Jordan
    Gwendolyn Jordan says

    October 26, 2020 at 2:28 am

    I like the cover

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  4. Beatrice LaRocca – Walden, NY – Lover of the written word, lifelong learning and the great outdoors. And Chocolate!
    Bea LaRocca says

    October 26, 2020 at 3:50 am

    I like the cover, blurb and excerpt, this sounds like a good read. Thank you for sharing the book and author details.

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  5. Cathy French
    Cathy French says

    October 26, 2020 at 5:07 am

    I love that her dogs name is George Clooney lol

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  6. Marcy Meyer says

    October 26, 2020 at 5:25 am

    The cover looks cute. Sounds good.

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  7. Rita Wray
    Rita Wray says

    October 26, 2020 at 5:49 am

    Sounds like a good cozy mystery.

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  8. lasvegasnan
    Nancy Jones says

    October 26, 2020 at 6:06 am

    Sounds good.

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  9. tashia jennings
    Tashia M Jennings says

    October 26, 2020 at 6:16 am

    Such a delightful cover. Love discovering new books to add to my TBR!

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  10. Molli Taylor
    Molli Taylor says

    October 26, 2020 at 7:32 am

    This looks like a great read!

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  11. anxious58 – Avid Reader. Love most romance, Suspense, YA, And other fiction books.
    kim hansen says

    October 26, 2020 at 7:33 am

    New author for me. Exciting.

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    Suzanne Greene says

    October 26, 2020 at 8:14 am

    This looks like a good read and I like the cover.

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  13. Shelly Peterson
    shelly peterson says

    October 26, 2020 at 8:41 am

    What a cute cover.

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    shannon zeidan says

    October 26, 2020 at 9:36 am

    This sounds like such an amazing book!

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    Lisa says

    October 26, 2020 at 10:09 am

    Very cute cover!

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  16. Kim says

    October 26, 2020 at 10:49 am

    This sounds like a good read. I definitely need to check out this whole series.

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  17. Marisela Zuniga
    Marisela Zuniga says

    October 26, 2020 at 11:57 am

    The cover looks really cute

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  18. sherry1969 – Glasgow, KY
    Sherry says

    October 26, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    Sounds like a very good book and I love the cover.

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  19. Donna says

    October 26, 2020 at 12:40 pm

    This sounds like a fun mystery! I love that Ainsley’s dog’s name is George Clooney.

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  20. Tina Rucci
    Tina R says

    October 26, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    Congratulations, Candace! This sounds like a good holiday story!

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  21. heather says

    October 26, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    This sounds like a cute read and one I will enjoy.

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    October 26, 2020 at 2:45 pm

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  24. Karen M says

    October 26, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    What a good read for this time of year. I love the cover.

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  25. bn100 says

    October 26, 2020 at 4:10 pm

    fun cover

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  26. Glenda M says

    October 26, 2020 at 6:26 pm

    I’m looking forward to reading A CASE FOR THE TOY MAKER ! The whole series sounds like fun!

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  27. BookLady says

    October 26, 2020 at 6:41 pm

    What an intriguing book for the holiday season! Great excerpt. I’d love to read more.

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  28. Deb PelletierC
    Deb Pelletier says

    October 26, 2020 at 6:44 pm

    Nice book cover and the book sounds interesting.

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  29. Alger says

    October 26, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    Looking for this giveaway

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    Peggy Salkill says

    October 27, 2020 at 5:51 am

    Sounds like a good read!

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    Latifa Morrisette says

    October 27, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    Sounds very intriguing

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  32. karenh43
    Karen H says

    October 27, 2020 at 8:56 pm

    Sounds like a fun story. Love the cover too!

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  33. Merry says

    October 29, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    This book sounds great for fall reading.

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    Amber Terry says

    November 2, 2020 at 3:21 am

    This looks like such a good Christmas story 🙂

    (Thanks for the chance to win!)

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  35. Sherry – united states – Hi. I'm Sherry. My interests are books and photography. I'll be using my blog to tell you about books I love and would recommend and to show off some pretty awesome photos.
    sherry fundin says

    November 2, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    NO WAY. santa can’t be dead
    sherry @ fundinmental

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  36. LeAnn Harbert says

    November 2, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    It sounds like a good book to read this time of year.

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    Christina moore says

    November 3, 2020 at 12:06 pm

    I Love Love the cover

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  38. snowsparks
    Brandon Sparks says

    November 3, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    Sounds amazing. I can’t wait to read it. Thanks

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  39. MsRedK
    Cindi Knowles says

    November 3, 2020 at 6:54 pm

    Your book sounds really good and rhe cover is the cutest!

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  40. sam m – United States – I am a single, christian, mother, and just trying to make my sons world a better place!
    sam m says

    November 3, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    The title is way to cute. SO is the cover!! I love it all cant wait to read!

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  41. Stephanie Jones says

    November 4, 2020 at 7:42 am

    looks like a good book

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