Yule Be Sorry

Tinsel Trails, Ransom Notes, and a House-Elf Gone Missing
The morning after the pop-star circus should have been calm, but Gilbert, the house-elf at Claus Cottage and my most enthusiastic "helper", doesn't show for cocoa duty. His apron hangs on its hook, his boots sit by the door, and a candy-stripe note waits on the sill.
Chief Superintendent Wiggles calls it what it is: kidnapping. The elf police sweep Candy Cane Hollow while Mrs. Claus steadies the cottage and Nick refuses to let me go ...