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A Father Christmas Mystery
Delacorte Press
November 2012
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Featuring: Father Tom Christmas; Will Moir
496 pages
ISBN: 0385344465
EAN: 9780385344463
Kindle: B007WKELYM
Hardcover / e-Book
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Father Tom Christmas, the recently widowed vicar adjusting
to life in the English village of Thornford Regis, would do
almost anything to avoid attending the annual Robert Burns
Supper at the local hotel. But as chaplain to a traditional
Scottish pipe band, Father Tom must deliver the grace—and
contend with wailing bagpipes, whiskey-laced parishioners
reciting poetry, and the culinary abomination that is haggis.
As snow falls to unprecedented depths, the revelers carry
on—briefly interrupted by an enigmatic stranger seeking
shelter. Then Will Moir, proprietor of the hotel and a
dedicated piper, inexplicably goes missing—only to be found
later in the hotel’s dark tower, alone and dead from what
appears to be a heart attack.
Father Tom’s own heart sinks when he learns the actual cause
of Will’s demise. When word gets out, the flurry of innocent
speculation descends into outlandish gossip. And, for all
its tranquil charm, Thornford Regis has plenty to gossip
about—illicit trysts, muted violence, private sorrows, and
old, unresolved tragedies. The question is: Who would
benefit most from the piper’s death? Suspicion swirls around
many, including Will’s beautiful widow, their shadowy son,
Will’s obnoxious brother-in-law, and even the mysterious
party crasher, who knows more than she lets on about the
grudges she left behind—but never forgot.
Brimming with wit, full of genuine surprise, and featuring
one of the most memorable (and unlikely) detectives in
mystery fiction, C. C. Benison’s second Father Christmas
mystery will delight readers with a puzzle that truly defies
solution.
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