'Tis the Season to Be Scary

Name: 'Tis the Season to Be Scary
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ISBN: 9798892426633

Vicky Delany

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Crooked Lane Books
06 October 2026

Crime & Mystery

It's Halloween, and the townsfolk of Rudolph, New York, are donning masks and costumes for the Yuletide Inn's grand fundraising gala to support the local hospital. Shop owner Merry Wilkinson has yet another treat to celebrate: Her best friend, Vicky Casey, has a new cookbook set to publish. Vicky's publishers, a prominent critic of her book, and a former opera star, rumoured to have been involved with Merry's mother, are all set to attend the gala. As the drinks flow, the guests dance, and the canapes are served, things begin spiralling out of control. The book critic makes a scene, and tensions begin to rise. Then Merry realizes that she is not the only one who never actually paid for a gala ticket. But when someone drops dead after eating a cake pop from the lavish dessert buffet, everything comes to a head, and all eyes turn to Vicky, who made the treats. As it turns out, Vicky's book might be doomed before it hits the shelves. With her friend's name and livelihood at stake and the fundraiser in serious danger, Merry must keep her wits about her. Surely she's only imagining the ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge watching her from the shadows.

By: Vicky Delany
Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9798892426633
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 06 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the United States. She has written more than fifty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and cofounder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. She is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. Vicki lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.