The owner of a smalltown New England bookshop, Madeline Martin is pleasantly busy in the days leading up to Christmas, until a famous true-crime podcaster shows up with probing questions about her painful past. As the only surviving victim of serial killer Evan Handy, Madeline had pieced together a passably contended existence for herself after Handy was convicted. But three more women have gone missing since Handy's been in jail, and Madeline can't help but face the possibility that the nightmares of her past are not over yet. If take your holiday cheer with a side of gritty, unsettling thrills, Christmas Presents is a festively chilling read! (AG)