It's Christmas in Kittiport, and Eleanora Pacelli is looking forward to spending the holiday with her fiance and his family. However, when a stranger is spotted around town asking for her cousin, Ellie sees her hopes for a relaxing holiday begin to slip away from her. She doesn't know if she'll be able to solve a month-old murder in time to prove her cousin's innocence, and as the clues reveals themselves, Ellie begins to wonder if Darlene has been telling the truth about anything since she showed up on her doorstep the month before. Family troubles are the mark of a stressful holiday season in this latest nail-biting installment of Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria Series