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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 graceβand 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 onβbriefly interrupted by an enigmatic stranger seeking shelter. Then Will Moir, proprietor of the hotel and a dedicated piper, inexplicably goes missingβonly to be found later in the hotelβs dark tower, alone and dead from what appears to be a heart attack. Father Tomβs own heart sinks when he learns the actual cause of Willβs 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 aboutβillicit trysts, muted violence, private sorrows, and old, unresolved tragedies. The question is: Who would benefit most from the piperβs death? Suspicion swirls around many, including Willβs beautiful widow, their shadowy son, Willβs obnoxious brother-in-law, and even the mysterious party crasher, who knows more than she lets on about the grudges she left behindβbut never forgot. Brimming with wit, full of genuine surprise, and featuring one of the most memorable (and unlikely) detectives in mystery fiction, C. C. Benisonβs second Father Christmas mystery will delight readers with a puzzle that truly defies solution.
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