Fruitcake - Cat Austen Author:Jane Rubino As Christmas approaches, writer Cat Austen, recuperating from her last "adventure" (Death of a DJ), is sent to Atlantic City to do a fluff piece on the party of the year at the new Phoenix Hotel and Casino. She is shown the door when she asks about the owner's marital and financial problems. — Leaving the hotel, via the parking garage, Cat narrow... more »ly escapes a speeding car and stumbles over a recently deposited, but not so recently departed corpse dressed as Santa Claus. Teaming again with police lieutenant Victor Cardenas of the Major Crimes unit, they find a bizarre conspiracy that has gone crazily and dangerously awry.« less