Silent Nights & Shoplifting. Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries, #3

The holidays are cancelled. A Christmas Eve robbery just turned into a high-stakes hostage situation. Seventeen-year-old Lizzie is an underpaid intern for a private investigator, and her twin sister, Samantha, is a nosy reporter trying to survive the holiday. Neither expected to spend their Christmas Eve trapped inside a local mall. But after a late-night run-in, they find themselves locked down with Santa, a frazzled mom, an eccentric toy collector...
and a team of professional thieves robbing the place. The crooks are making a list and checking it twice as they ransack the mall, one store at a time. But as the clock ticks, the twin sleuths begin to suspect that one of the hostages might be on the naughty list-and working with the robbers. With the Policeman's Ball occupying local law enforcement, the twins and their Dalmatian sidekick are completely cut off from help.
They must race to unmask the traitor before the criminals discover they have two teenage detectives in their midst. Can Samantha and Lizzie thwart the high-stakes robbery? Or will the secrets buried in the mall cost them their Christmas, their freedom, and possibly their lives?----------------Silent Nights and Shoplifting is a fast-paced, standalone mystery in the Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries. If you enjoy a thrilling teenage Die Hard vibe, solving a complex whodunit, and adventure with high emotional stakes, this series is for you!Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries: Series Order Book 1: Caverns, Clues, and Cowboys Book 2: Friday Night Frights Book 3: Silent Nights and Shoplifting Book 4: Ghostwriters and Gravediggers Book 5: Antiques, Alibis, and Auctions Book 6: Secrets, Lies, and Poisonberry Pies Book 7: Rodeo, Ransom, and Fireworks Book 8: Sleuths, Sabotage, and Sandcastles Book 9: Turkey, Thievery, and Twins Book 10: Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail Book 11: Texans, Tourists, and Treachery Book 12: Softball and Stickups Book 13: Drama, Deception, and Double-Cross