Chapter 1- The Diagnosis

Usually if children are bad, they get coal for Christmas. A small, harmless gesture to show that they need to be well-behaved and try harder next year. But this year is different. There is a plague going around the town, and it seems that everyone who was rude and too mean for Christmas presents are getting it; children and adults alike. There is no coincidence for this terrifying phenomenon. And Florence Borning is going to get to the bottom of it.