title: Purring around the Christmas Tree (A Pawsitively Organic Mystery)
author:  Liz Mugavero 
description: <b>Liz Mugavero</b> is a corporate communications consultant and animal lover from the Boston area, whose canine and feline rescues demand the best organic food and treats around. She is the author of <i>The Icing on the Corpse</i>, <i>Kneading to Die, Murder Most Finicky</i>, and<i> A Biscuit, A Casket</i>; her short stories have been published in the UK and Australia; and her essays have appeared in national publications <i>Skirt!</i> and <i>Sassee Magazine for Women</i>.
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  Copyright© 2016 Amabel Daniels
   
   
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  DEDICATIO N
   
  To Peanut and Boo Boo. Our tree is still standing…
   
  
  THE CHRISTM
  AS PARTY
   
   
  Amabel Daniels
   
  Copyright © 2016
   
   
   
  Chapter O ne
   
  Mother Nature seemed to shake a finger and cackle with
  contempt as rain pummeled the backyard past the icy windowpanes
  of the cinnamon-scented home. Upbeat notes of Brenda Lee’s
  Rockin’ Around the C h