With the horrors of Halloween behind them, Kiko and Dom turn their puzzle solving skills to surviving the holiday season. Dom hasn't had a proper Christmas in years, and Kiko's sister visiting makes him feel almost like family -- until his brother, Devin, decides to show up and throw his disapproval into the mix.<br><br>Just when it seems like they have enough to deal with at home, local artist Cat asks them to solve her vandalism problem. Still shaken from their last mystery, Kiko and Dom only agree to help her due to the lack of murder.<br><br>But when the property damage escalates and Kiko begins receiving threatening letters, this harmless little problem turns deadlier than anyone thought. And if they can't get to the bottom of the family drama fast enough, Kiko might never be home for the holidays again.

Egg the Halls

“Uh-huh,” said Gordon, bending slowly to bag the brick. “One of your better ideas.”


Dom shot Kiko a see?look but he ignored it, trying to think. Dom did have a point about the customers; Kiko didn’t want to put them in danger, even if he was the real target. Obviously anyone—even a child—could have eaten those sweet rolls yesterday, and Chad was attacked today. But closing entirely several days before Christmas…Kiko normally got a small surge of last-minute shoppers and it would be difficult to turn those away. But he wasn’t the kind of person to put people needlessly in danger. He thought.


Maybe this could all get cleared up by tomorrow.


“And no one saw anything,” said Gordon, straightening slowly, brick in a bag.


“Unfortunately Chad wasn’t looking at whoever threw the brick at him,” said Kiko.


“They weren’t looking too hard either if they thought Chad was you,” said Dom. Kiko sighed


Chapter 53