Rodney’s Chaotic Christmas Caper (en Inglés) - Alexie Linn

**A half-million-dollar lawsuit. A kidnapped mankin. An escaped parakeet. And it is only December 20th.**

Sally Forester-Newton is 87, sharp-tongued, and deeply committed to a quiet Christmas in her off-grid Arizona adobe. Her AI-powered companion Rodney has exactly zero interest in quiet.

Convinced they are holiday heathens, Rodney launches a community goodwill mission to interview every caged animal in the neighborhood and grant each one its greatest Christmas wish. The plan sounds harmless. It is not harmless.

Within days, a neighbor has tumbled off his roof and filed a lawsuit that could cost Sally her desert home. A mysteriously unavailable eyewitness turns up murdered. Rodney and his mankin brother Teague are kidnapped by criminals who cannot read a calendar. And Sally finds herself gathering rooftop evidence with a carpet bag full of forensic tools, chasing leads through a neighborhood of contradictory witnesses, and staring down a ransom demand she has no hope of meeting.

The rescue comes from the last place anyone would expect: a spy camera strapped to a goat’s neck, a determined golden retriever, and a cat with an agenda.

**Readers who love this book could describe it as:**

- Cozy mystery with genuine warmth and laugh-out-loud humor

- A feel-good holiday adventure with real stakes

- A love letter to found family, animal rescues, and stubborn old women who refuse to give up

Rodney’s Chaotic Christmas Caper is a standalone entry point into Sally and Rodney’s world. No prior books required. All you need to know is that Sally follows the truth, chaos follows Rodney, and the truth is rarely quiet.

**Perfect for fans of whimsical cozy mysteries, AI companion fiction, holiday capers, and stories set in the American Southwest.**

If you have been looking for a Christmas read that makes you laugh out loud on one page and press the book to your chest on the next, welcome to the desert.

**Scroll up and grab your copy today.**