title: Deck the Halls/The Christmas Thief: Two Holiday Novels
author:  Mary Higgins Clark 
description: <b>Mary Higgins Clark</b>s books are worldwide bestsellers, with more than 100 million copies sold in the U.S. alone. Visit her on the web at MaryHigginsClark.com.<i></i>
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  Title Page
  Copyright Page
  Dedication
   
  PART I - A Time of Trouble
  ONE - November 7-December 2
  TWO - December 2-December 16
  THREE - Christmas Eve-Christmas Day
   
  PART II - Days of Discovery
  FOUR - December 26-January 11
  FIVE - January 12-January 14
   
  PART III - Night on Thunder Hill
  SIX - Tuesday Night, January 14
   
  NEW AFTERWORD BY DEAN KOONTZ
  AFTERWORD
  
  “A unique spellbinder that captures the reader 
  on the first page. Exciting, enjoyable, and 
  an intensely satisfying read.”
  —Mary Higgins Clark
   
   
  THEY WERE STRANGERS.
  A handful of people. From different backgrounds, living in different towns and cities across America,
  they had nothing in common—except fear.
   
  THEY WERE VICTIMS.
  Cold and stark, an unknown terror gripped their dreams and turned their days into living nightmares.
   
   
  THEY WERE CHOSEN.
  And they could not escape. Deep in the heart of a sprawling desert, a dark memory called out to them,
  drawing them to the Tranquility Motel—where the terrifying truth was