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deck the halls the christmas thief two holiday novels
from beloved storytellers mary higgins clark americas queen of suspense and her daughter bestselling author carol higgins clark two favorite suspense novels filled with holiday cheer . p deck the halls first published in 2000 was the mother daughter duos first collaborative effort a brilliant story of high stakes intrigue and detection played out against a holiday setting . christmas is only three days away when regan reilly the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of carol higgins clark accidentally meets alvirah meehan mary higgins clarks sharp witted lottery winner turned amateur sleuth at a new jersey dentists office . when a call comes through on regans cell phone notifying her that her father and his driver rosita gonzalez are being held for 1000000 ransom alvirah insists that regan allow her to lend a hand in gaining their release . complicating the situation is the fact that regans mother the famous mystery writer nora regan reilly has just been hospitalized with a broken leg and a brutal winter storm is bearing down on them all . regan must comfort her mother while trying to meet the harsh demands of her fathers kidnappers who are not just rank amateurs but also laughably inept making them all the more dangerous and unpredictable . p in the christmas thief 2004 alvirah and regan team up again to investigate another kind of kidnapping . when an eighty foot blue spruce is chosen to spend the holidays as rockefeller centers famous christmas tree the folks who picked the tree have no idea that attached to one of its branches is a flask chock full of priceless diamonds that packy noonan a scam artist just released from prison had hidden there over twelve years ago . when an excited packy breaks his parole and heads to stowe vermont to reclaim his loot he discovers that his special tree will be heading to new york city the next morning so he and his bumbling crew have to act fast . meanwhile alvirah meehan and regan reilly happen to be on a weekend trip to stowe with their families when they learn that the tree and alvirahs friend opal who won the lottery but lost all her winnings in packys scam has gone missing . p with two novels filled with twists and turns intrigue and danger as well as a hearty dose of good cheer mary higgins clark and carol higgins clark offer stories that are as breathlessly suspenseful as they are heartwarming christmas classics for many holiday seasons to come .