A quintessential slice of Yuletide murder mystery.

Sun

The feel-good factor of this frantic farce is off the scale. A healing comedy.

The Times

Told with a good dollop of tongue-in-cheek humour, warmth, and the kind of quirky characters any reader would be happy to spend time with. It’s a fun book. Playful. One to make you smile.

Stuart MacBride

Se alle

A fine, intricately plotted, seasonal mystery, shot through with black humour.

Mail on Sunday

A wonderfully entertaining mystery with great characters, setting and period detail.

Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and Croissants

Intricately plotted and laced with deliciously dark humour.

The Sunday Post

Your new festive fave. . .a dead body stuck up the chimney, a stumped detective, lies, twists, and Meyrick’s renowned storytelling and wit.

My Weekly

A thoroughly enjoyable book filled with marvellous characters, skilfully drawn settings and clever twists – a crime Christmas stocking must!

Yorkshire Life

'A quintessential slice of Yuletide murder mystery' Sun'The feel-good factor is off the scale' The Times'A fun book. Playful. One to make you smile' Stuart MacBrideA village of secretsIt's December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the remote town of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer? Either way, he wasn't on anyone's Christmas wish list.A mystery that can't be solved Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. The victim of some unfortunate misunderstandings, he hopes this case will help clear his name. But as is often the way for Grasby, things most certainly don't go according to plan.A Christmas to remember Soon blizzards hit the North York Moors, cutting off the village from help, and the local doctor's husband is found murdered. Grasby begins to realise that everyone in Elderby is hiding something - and if he can't uncover the truth soon, the whole country will pay a dreadful price...Waterstones Thriller of the Month, November 2024Denzil Meyrick, Audible bestseller, November 2024
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781787637184
Publisert
2023-11-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Bantam (Transworld)
Vekt
592 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
34 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Denzil Meyrick is from Campbeltown on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll. After studying politics, he enjoyed a varied career as a police officer, distillery manager, and director of several companies. He is the No.1 bestselling author of the DCI Daley series, and the Detective Frank Grasby mysteries, and is now an executive producer of a major TV adaptation of his books. Denzil lives on Loch Lomondside in Scotland with his wife Fiona and cats. You can find him on Twitter @Lochlomonden, Facebook @DenzilMeyrickAuthor, or on his website: www.denzilmeyrick.com