Holiday Décor from Far and Near by Maya Corrigan
We also have many home-sewn felt ornaments from craft fairs and year-round Christmas shops in the U.S. The mouse sleeping in a red hammock that hangs from the tree by gold cords is one of my favorites.
Starting from the time we got married, we received a Christmas-tree plate as a gift from my husband’s aunt and uncle. As you can see from the photo, our collection of plates grew over many years.
In my family the primary holiday meal and gift opening occurs on Christmas Eve. During
Though the number of people at our holiday table grew
Here’s a look at Maya’s latest release: GINGERDEAD MAN – A Five Ingredient Mystery
This holiday season Bayport, Maryland, is a dead ringer for Victorian London. Val and her grandfather are taking part in the Dickens of a Holiday festival. Val is hosting a private tea party serving the festival’s costumed volunteers, who range from Dickens divas like Madame Defarge and Miss Havisham to Ebenezer Scrooge and old St. Nick himself.
But one costumed reveler may have gotten the holidays mixed up. The winner of the creepiest outfit, robed in black with a gift bag covering the head—okay, Ghost of Christmas Present, Val gets it—hands out gingerbread men with white icing skeleton bones. This year’s sour Santa has none of the big fellow’s mirth but plenty of his appetite, and it’s no secret Santa loves cookies. But when the man in red turns blue, Val and Granddad have a cookie-cutter killer to catch before the New Year . . .
Includes delicious five-ingredient recipes!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Maya (Mary Ann) Corrigan combines her passion for food and detective stories in her Five-Ingredient Mysteries: By Cook or by Crook, Scam Chowder, Final Fondue, The Tell-Tale Tarte, S’more Murders, Crypt Suzette, and the latest book, Gingerdead Man, a holiday mystery. The series features a café manager and her live-wire grandfather, the Codger Cook, who solve murders in a historic town near the Chesapeake Bay. Each book has five suspects, five clues, and Granddad’s five-ingredient recipes.
Ms. Corrigan lives in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Before writing crime fiction, she taught American literature, writing, and detective fiction at Northern Virginia Community College and Georgetown University. When not reading and writing, she enjoys theater, travel, trivia, cooking, and crosswords. Visit her website for book details, recipes, trivia quizzes, and a free culinary mystery story.
Learn more about Maya and her books by following these links:
Website: https://mayacorrigan.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayacorriganbooks/
Group Blog: https://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7813064.Maya_Corrigan