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Mary Kay Andrews, author of The Santa Suit

When newly divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love, but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk that it's a full-time job sorting through all of it. At the top of a closet, Ivy finds an old Santa suit --- beautifully made and decades old. In the pocket of a suit she finds a note written in a childish hand: it's from a little girl who has one Christmas wish, and that is for her father to return home from the war. This discovery sets Ivy off on a mission. Who wrote the note? Did the man ever come home? What mysteries did the Rose family hold?

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Week of October 10, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of October 10th include THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS by Meg Waite Clayton, a haunting novel about a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe; THE SANTA SUIT, a sweet and wholesome novella celebrating the magic of Christmas and second chances from Mary Kay Andrews; BEST IN SNOW by David Rosenfelt, a clever holiday mystery that finds lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect; Elizabeth Macneal's CIRCUS OF WONDERS, an atmospheric and spectacular novel in which one woman’s life is transformed by the arrival of a Victorian circus of wonders; and WHEN TWO FEATHERS FELL FROM THE SKY, a deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble that follows a death-defying young Cherokee horse diver who, with her companions from the Glendale Park Zoo, must get to the bottom of a mystery that spans centuries.

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The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

When newly divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love --- but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk that it's a full-time job sorting through all of it.

Read more »