Chapter 1A Christmas robbery, a necklace stolen from a Hollywood star, a mystery that threatens the holidays. The annual Christmas Lighted Boat Parade is the highlight of Pacific Grove’s festive season, and this year’s event is no different—until the town’s cherished community donation fund disappears and, amidst the holiday chaos, a former Hollywood starlet discovers her priceless necklace has been stolen. Just like that, Nora Whitman’s plans for a peaceful holiday are traded in for a high-stakes mystery.
As the editor of The Lovers Point Chronicle and the town’s unofficial sleuth, Nora can’t resist a mystery, especially one as daring as this. Rumors swirl, hinting that the community fund theft was merely a decoy to distract from the real heist—the movie star’s jewels. When the actress insists that her necklace was stolen right from her neck in the middle of the parade, Nora knows she’s stumbled onto a mystery worthy of the movies.
