Mysterieserier #12/1983

In the quiet chill of a winter evening, Margaret Barker and her child are gripped by dread as a man in a Santa Claus suit—wild-eyed and unmistakably unhinged—vanishes into the snow-covered streets. With no one else to turn to, Margaret turns to the only person she trusts: her husband, Lennart, and their neighbor, Knut Anderson, as the line between holiday cheer and terror begins to blur. When the figure known only as Jultomten starts leaving cryptic signs in the snow, the question isn't just who he is—but what he wants.

Charlie Gallager has saved ten thousand for seventeen years—enough to propose to Mazie Taylor and secure a future for his disabled brother, Benny. But on the eve of his dream, his hard-earned money vanishes, leaving him desperate and his plans in ruins.

Montgomery Craig, haunted by a childhood act he can't forget, now lives in the shadow of a curse tied to a destroyed voodoo amulet. As darkness closes in, old memories stir—flashbacks of Mama Juju’s warnings and Wintow’s restless presence—while the past begins to bleed into the present.