Millie Muldoon & the Christmas Mystery

Is something wrong with Santa Claus? He stopped at their house on Christmas Eve. He ate the cookies and drank the milk they put out for him. But he didn't fill their stockings or leave them any presents. Why? Was Santa getting forgetful? Was there an emergency back at the North Pole? Could he have put them on his naughty list by mistake? Millie needs to use her detective skills to solve the mystery of the missing presents before Christmas is ruined! Mary Vigliante Szydlowski writes across several genres using this and other pseudonyms. Her published Science Fiction works include novels: The Ark, The Colony, The Land, Source of Evil, and novella The Hand of My Enemy. She's also the author of dark fantasies: Worship the Night and Dark Realm, and mainstream novel Silent Song. She's published 8 children's books: Millie Muldoon & the Case of the Halloween Haunting, Ghoul School, Millie Muldoon & the Christmas Mystery, Millie Muldoon & the Case of the Thanksgiving Turkey-napper, A Puddle for Poo, Kia's Manatee, The Duck in the Hole, and I Can't Talk, I've Got Farbles In My Mouth.Using the pen name Mia Frances, she is the author of the erotic romance murder mystery thriller series In His Keeping: Taken, Banished, and Claimed.Her short stories, articles, children's stories, essays, and poems have appeared in anthologies, books, magazines, newspapers, and on the web.She is a member of the Authors Guild, RWA (Romance Writers of America), SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators), and SFWA (Science Fiction Fantasy Writers of America). Millie Muldoon is a pint-sized detective who loves solving mysteries. She's a whiz at finding clues, tracking down leads, and following the evidence. She's assisted by her cousins and her little brother Roger. Their families get together every holiday and they always find themselves in the middle of a baffling mystery.