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The Heist Before Christmas

by Lucy Score

A holiday theft case for Riley Thorn

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    Lucy Score is a #1 New York Times bestselling author

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A holiday theft case for Riley Thorn

Christmas brings Riley Thorn a crowded to-do list: she is engaged, trying to keep her small business afloat, and unable to glimpse her own future with Nick Santiago. Meanwhile, Nick takes an undercover job at the East Shore Mall to investigate a theft ring, trading holiday cheer for an ill-fitting security uniform and shifts alongside a difficult assistant manager. The fifth Riley Thorn romantic mystery combines a mall investigation with the couple’s wedding-season complications and Riley’s psychic abilities. Its Christmas setting puts festive trappings alongside the practical headaches of work, family predictions, and a case to solve.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy romantic mysteries with a psychic lead and a Christmas setting.
  • Fans of the Riley Thorn series, especially those interested in Riley and Nick’s engagement.
  • Readers looking for a mystery involving an undercover mall investigation and a theft ring.

Themes

Romance and engagementPsychic abilitiesChristmas and holiday pressuresSmall-business challengesUndercover investigation

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Book overview

#1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score brings a psychic twist to Christmas in this hilarious all-new Riley Thorn adventure, the fifth in the romantic mystery series.

'Tis the season for mayhem, mistletoe, and one very unfortunate mall uniform.

Engaged. Overwhelmed. Running a small business with a purple-haired octogenarian who thinks "Rhonda El Bano" is a convincing alias. For reluctant psychic Riley Thorn, the holidays are less "magic in the air" and more "fire in the living room." Between the backlog of invoices, a PI license teetering on revocation, a disapproving grandmother lobbing ominous predictions about the upcoming wedding, and the fact that Riley cannot see a single thing about her own future with Nick Santiago, she just wants to survive until December 26th.

Nick Santiago doesn't do "mellow." He does Christmas. Hard. He's the man who owns a twelve-foot inflatable Santa and feels no shame about it. So if closing out the year means going undercover at the East Shore Mall to catch a slippery theft ring--even if it costs him one truly terrible security uniform and several shifts with the world's most punchable assistant manager--fine. The sooner he catches the bad guy, the sooner he can haul his fianc

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