The Mistletoe Mystery( Series - Nancy Drew )

Bess helps out at a local department store at holiday time, working for a company that makes special festive displays. However, expensive merchandise is leaving the store without being paid for. Whoever is dressing up the store may also be stripping it down in a very creative way.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

DOESN'T PROVE THE IDENTITY

OF CRAFTY THIEVES

Nancy's friend Bess has been hired by Special Effects, a River Heights company, to decorate Albemarle's department store for the holidays. When Bess discovers that her friend Ali Marie is now working at the store, she's thrilled -- the two of them can have lunch and try on clothes for fun But when some dresses are swiped, Ali is accused of stealing, and the party's over.

Sure of her friend's innocence, Bess calls in Nancy to help find the real thief. With all the suspects and misleading clues, Nancy and her friends are running in circles -- and the holiday shopping rush isn't helping Can they figure out the identity of a clothes-hungry kleptomaniac before the holiday season turns sour?