A classic Christmas tale from the bestselling Queen of Suspense At the heart of the novel are two of Mary Higgins Clark's most loved characters: Alvirah, the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and her husband, Willy, who are caught up in a Christmas mystery that calls on all of their skills and experience. Willy has been looking forward to playing Santa at the after-school centre recently set up to care for the children of working parents on New York's Upper West Side, and Alvirah has been busy with rehearsals for the Christmas pageant. But suddenly a shadow falls upon the Christmas cheer. The centre is threatened with closure, a substitute promised for the play is mysteriously withdrawn, a valuable chalice is stolen from a neighborhood church, and a desperate young woman turns up, begging for Alvirah's help in finding the baby she abandoned seven years earlier. In a final blow, the young girl who is to play Mary in the Christmas pageant disappears...A missing child. A stolen chalice. A desperate mother. Can Alvirah reach the truth in time for Christmas?

This is the first Mary Higgins Clark that I've read. It's a quick and easy read. A nice little story for over the Christmas period.

I'm going to release it during December but first it is going off to calalilly.

Received from purplerosebud today. I have stopped reading the book I was on to read this. It shouldn't take very long as it's not very thick.

A very quick and easy read,lighter than her other books that I have read.It was a good book to read in the run up to Christmas. I am returning it to PurpleRoseBud so that she can release it.

I hope to release several Christmas stories during December. I will be releasing this one tomorrow when I go on a trip to London. I hope someone will find it, enjoy it and maybe even join Bookcrossing.