Santas Sticky Fingers
Normally¸ Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd doesn't deal with petty crime and pickpockets. But when the Christmas market in Kingston upon Thames is hit by a wave of thefts¸ Helen and her team are called in to help out. Harry¸ a homeless man who always hangs around the market¸ seems to be the most obvious suspect. But there is also the mysterious man in the black leather jacket some witnesses claim to have seen. Or maybe¸ the thief can be found much closer to home… Can Helen and her team crack the case in time for Christmas? This is a holiday novelette of 7800 words or approx. 26 print pages in the Helen Shepherd Mysteries series¸ but may be read as a standalone.