O, Deadly Night

Name: O, Deadly Night
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Vicki Delany
ISBN: 9798318525438

Author: Vicki Delany

Series: Year-Round Christmas Mystery

Narrator: Dina Pearlman

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/14/2025

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Amateur Sleuth, Cozy Animals

Synopsis

It's Christmastime in Rudolph, New York, which means it's time for the December Santa Claus parade. This year, shop owner Merry Wilkinson has decided to decorate her float as Santa's elves' workshop and invites her landlady, Mabel D'Angelo, to help supervise the excited children playing the elves. But when Mrs. D'Angelo doesn’t show up, Merry begins to worry.
Worry quickly turns into frustration when Mrs. D'Angelo reveals she was delayed by new neighbors moving in. As the center for all things gossip, Mrs. D'Angelo is determined to introduce the new arrivals to the neighborhood. As the days pass, Mrs. D'Angelo notices strange things about the newcomers, but Merry, busier than an elf in Santa's workshop, has little time for matters that really don't concern her. But things turn from jolly to downright concerning when Mrs. D'Angelo disappears, and Merry is forced to admit that something might be terribly wrong.
With family and friends counting on her during this stressful holiday season, it is up to Merry to make sure this Christmas doesn't end up wrapped in blood red.

About Vicki Delany

Vicki Delany is one of Canada's most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the US. She is currently writing four cozy mystery series: The Tea by the Sea mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year Round Christmas mysteries, and as Eva Gates, the Lighthouse Library series. A past president of the Crime Writers of Canada and a co-organizer of Women Killing it, a crime writing festival, her work has been nominated for the Derringer, the Bony Blithe, the Ontario Library Association Golden Oak, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. She is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. Vicki lives and writes in bucolic Prince Edward County, Ontario.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on December 18, 2025

Love to start Christmas murder mysteries early! Tho I probably should've waited until Halloween was over, but i was published this week and I wanted to get a review in time... to share for other fellow fans of the Year-Round Christmas Mysteries that this was a great installment. Merry and the gang a......more

Goodreads review by beachbum bookworm on April 10, 2026

O, Deadly Night is the 8th book in the year round Christmas series by Vicki Delany. As the Christmas lover I am I always enjoy a visit to Rudolph, NY the year round Christmas town. This series is filled w/ so much Christmas goodness, and a great mystery. I do at times think are main character Merry i......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on June 26, 2025

I decided to deal with the ridiculously hot weather this week by reading the next book in Vicki Delany's Year Round Christmas series. Fortunately, O Deadly Night takes place in the couple of weeks leading up to Christmas, and there is plenty of snow! Merry is very busy at the shop with the holidays......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on January 29, 2026

Good mystery! I do enjoy this series, but Jackie and esp. Vicky get on my nerves a little. I am not really feeling the chemistry between Alan and Merry either. I like that Mrs. D'Angelo was featured in this story. She is one of my favorite characters.......more

Goodreads review by Cozy Reader Lady on July 07, 2025

"O, Deadly Night (A Year-Round Christmas Mystery #8)" by Vicki Delany has Rudolph, New York at another Christmas season. Merry is, yet again, not the Christmas Parade float winner. That's okay as she plenty of other Christmas season things to look forward to. However, her landlady was supposed to he......more