Description
When two suburban dads turn a friendly Christmas cookie bet into a full-blown arms race, the holidays go from ho ho ho to oh no in record time.
In the Holiday Spies Christmas books, neighborhood nonsense collides with national security: a sentient smart oven is quietly live-streaming cookie critiques to an NSA server; a Special Forces brother-in-law treats the cul-de-sac like a war zone; a bored CIA analyst calls in “just one little drone”; and somewhere, a Russian and a Chinese operative are trying to write serious threat reports about a guy who can’t bake.
On the surface, it’s Christmas in the suburbs—cookie exchanges, school pageants, HOA emails, and one very unfortunate inflatable Santa. Underneath, it’s surveillance ops, counter-ops, glitter incidents, salt-bomb recipes, and a black-site interrogation where the most incriminating evidence is a tray of overbaked gingerbread men.
Domestic espionage: baby monitors as bugs, security cams as assets, and a judgmental AI oven that keeps its own case files.
Escalating disasters: from smoke alarms and bake-offs to drones, foreign agents, and a file codenamed Operation Sugar Cookie.
Actual heart: beneath the gadgets and glitter, it’s about two idiots learning that winning isn’t the point—showing up is.
Because nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a cookie contest that accidentally triggers DEFCON 3.
Perfect for readers who love holiday hijinks, spy spoofs, and fast, episodic chaos.