A joyous Christmas festival. Two best friends. What could go wrong?Melanie Hogan, owner of A Cut Above hair salon, discovers the holidays aren't always jolly when she receives an unexpected gift at the Birch Haven Christmas Festival. A dead body.Best friend and salon co-owner, Claire Davis, lands herself as the lead suspect. When Melanie's boyfriend, Homicide Detective Levi Wescott, is booted off the case due to a conflict of interest, Melanie is compelled to find the real killer herself.With only days left to go until Christmas, Melanie races to give Claire the perfect gift-her freedom. But as she begins unwrapping secrets of some unsavory characters, the looming deadline leads to unusual reckless and impulsive decisions, and she finds herself in a bit of a quandary. Can she catch the real killer before Birch Haven PD is forced to solve her own murder?