Rebellious Christmas wreaths. Mysterious welly-dwelling eggs. A plague of irate water fowl. And ten ladies of a certain age who are by no means the least troublesome of Toot Hansell's residents as far as Detective Inspector Adams is concerned. She's entirely certain her training never covered dealing with the Women's Institute dragons or festive magic spills. Not to mention invisible dogs with caffeine dependencies. But Christmas is almost here. Things can't go too wrong. . . can they? Well. It is Toot Hansell. . . Get some dragons in your Christmas with this collection of twelve short stories from the world of the Beaufort Scales mysteries plus twelve festive recipes!

Part of the Beaufort Scales series.