If It's Monday, This Must Be Christmas!
December 9-11 & 16-18, 2011
By Pat Cook
Comedy/Mystery
DESCRIPTION:
Christmas time rolls around and our downand-
out gumshoe, Harry Monday, is short of
cash as usual. He's down to walking dogs
for a few bucks when Harrigan's department
store has its payroll stolen. And who
you gonna' call? Loretta Mondello, the
store manager, has complete faith in Harry
pulling this one off. After all, she's his mother! Not only is the payroll missing
but somebody kidnapped Santa Claus! The store's St. Nick has gone
missing along with the money and bonuses. And Harry has only one day,
Christmas Eve, to solve the case. Is Scarlet Kloontz, the all-too-friendly
clerk, behind it all? Or maybe Carson Page, the newest member of the
Harrigan staff, who is also in love with the boss's daughter? And why did
Mildred Wolensky, owner of a rival store, suddenly show up? Or Trixie
O'Brien, an elf who was the last one to see Santa before he vanished?
As if clues weren't hard enough to find, Lieutenant Brogan shows up,
along with his 9-year-old daughter. We get a glimpse into Harry's past
as he recalls his first case…in the third grade! What can a flatfoot do to
stay free of the fuzz and find the felons? Wise cracks and plot twists fly
faster than Santa's sleigh in this yuletide whodunit.