What if Santa came to town and promptly dropped dead? Christmas time in Mulbury, Australia. Plum puddings, roast turkey, and blistering hot days. Rosemary Exeter has a couple of mysteries on her mind. Who is the Kris Kringle leaving presents hanging from everyone's door handles and, more gravely, who overcooked the fire brigade's fund-raising Santa? With the team of fire-fighting volunteers stuck in Mulbury until their truck is fixed, and almost certainly one of them a murderer, Rosemary hides the one clue she has while searching for others. Clandestine gifts, a surprise Santa costume, and a plethora of puddings. Christmas has never been so mysterious.