The Night Before

Three Christmas stories. Three deadly holidays. And not a silent night in sight.

Forget visions of sugarplums. This Christmas, there's murder on the menu.

Get snowed in with a killer in Holiday Homicide, where being trapped by a winter storm is the least of anyone's problems.

Take a trip to Jollyland, a Christmas theme park filled with twinkling lights, holiday cheer...and a killer determined to make sure someone doesn't live to see Christmas morning.

Then head home for the holidays in Christmas with a Killer, where one family gathering proves that some traditions should probably stay buried-and surviving Christmas might take a miracle.

From snowstorms and Christmas lights to dysfunctional families and very bad holiday decisions, The Night Before brings together three fast-paced, darkly fun Christmas thrillers perfect for readers who like their holidays with a little less merry and bright and a lot more murder and mayhem.

Because sometimes the most wonderful time of the year...is murder season.

PLEASE NOTE: Holiday Homicide and Jollyland were previously published as individual stories. Christmas with a Killer is an all-new story appearing for the first time in this collection. 2026.