Sometimes You Know What's in the Box

Madeline is a bookshop owner who carries the weight of being the witness to her friend's murder many years back. The murderer was Evan Handy, a handsome new arrival in her town and school. He was convicted, and she began rebuilding her life in the cozy routine of book selling. That is, until other young women began to disappear, stirring up questions asked by a snooping podcaster and resurrecting her own horrible memories. It had the makings of a good holiday whodunit, but in the early stages of the tale, I'd figured it out. Bah humbug.