Autorentext

Harriet F Townson is the pen name of bestselling novelist Harriet Evans. Her debut crime novel D is for Death was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award last year.

She lives in Bath with her family and writes full time, when not distracted by her children, other books, gardening, her jumpsuit collection and star-gazing.

Klappentext

Miss Marple meets Nancy Mitford in this glittering new Christmas murder mystery set in Bath, from the bestselling and award-winning author of D is for Death.

'A welcome addition to any Christmas stocking' Joanna Miller, author of The Eights
'I love this series of Golden Age crime-style murder mysteries' Good Housekeeping
'Charming, murder-y and romantic . . . Margery Allingham meets the Mitfords' Marian Keyes, author of My Favourite Mistake

On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold but she is glad to go; recent events have left her longing to disappear.

Arriving on the world-famous Royal Crescent, Dora quickly learns of Daisy Palmer, whose unsolved murder looms large over the Georgian city. Daisy's fiancé, Lord Frank Meroe, lives on as an eccentric recluse, his house full of clutter and abandoned treasures, as labyrinthine as it is magnificent.

Then, on the twentieth anniversary of Daisy's death, murder is committed once more. As Christmas trees are lit and carol singers gather, Dora is drawn into a tangle of feuding families, suspicious antiquarian dealings and a conspicuous silence from everyone involved. For in the city of Jane Austen, loyalties run deep... and dangerously so.

A charming and unputdownable whodunnit and the perfect Christmas read for fans of classic crime.

READERS LOVE MURDER ON THE ROYAL CRESCENT!

'My first foray into the world of Dora Wildwood and most definitely not my last!' 5-star reader review
'Fantastic. Definitely one to cosy up by the fireside with this winter' 5-star reader review
'Dora is my new favourite character ever. #MoreDora' 5-star reader review
'Charming and clever . . . perfect for a cosy Christmas read' 5-star reader review
'Such a fun story set in 1930's Bath, on no less than the Royal Crescent' 5-star reader review