Christmas Spirit

Christmas Spirit is a story in the Melisende Dulac Series.

Publication

"Christmas Spirit" appears in the November/December 2021 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, on sale October 19, 2021.

General Information

When a young mother is accused of drowning her child on Christmas Eve, a surprise discovery during the body transport forces apprentice mortician Melisende Dulac to confront her own ghosts of Christmas past—and help bring the perpetrator to justice.

"Christmas Spirit" is preceded by the novella "Waldo's Gold" and followed by the novella "The Sheepshooter's Funeral."

• Melisende Dulac Chronology

"Christmas Spirit" takes place from the evening of 24 December 2017 through the early morning hours of 25 December 2017.

Major Characters

• Melisende Dulac
• Watt Brum
• Felix Cereza
• Sheriff Hayward Turnbull
• Bonita Cereza
• Otis Crandall
• Joel Kirsch

Points of Interest

• Barlow Festival of Lights
• Copper Baron Lake
• St. Mark's Hospital