'Tis the season for joy...and murder

The holidays have been lonely since Atlanta newspaper columnist Kate Mulcay's husband died. This December, though, is looking bright, thanks to the attentions of the attractive and single new minister of St. Margaret's Church. And when a wealthy eccentric agrees to take in Shag and Warty, two homeless men to whom Kate has recently dedicated her column, the season is just about perfect. Kate's joyous feelings are shattered, however, when Shag and Warty's benefactor is murdered--and they become the prime suspects. Knowing the men are innocent, Kate sets out to kind a killer--and save her Christmas, too.