Poison to Purge Melancholy

Pat Montella should have loved the idea of spending Christmas with her boyfriend Hugh Lee in a romantic place like Colonial Williamsburg. But the trip also means meeting Hugh's mother and his siblings, and his moody teenaged daughter will be tagging along. On the bright side, Miss Maggie, Pat's best friend and surrogate grandmother, will be coming, too, and she knows all the words to every holiday song ever written. Still, Pat hasn't been feeling well lately, plus she'll be missing two big Italian feasts with her family back home, which could make anyone melancholy. Add to that a determined poisoner, too many doctors, a centuries-old murder, and a house haunted by a malicious Colonial ghost. This is bound to be one holiday Pat will never forget . . . if she survives.