It’s that time of year again… Gaudy jumpers and garish paper enwrap us and our Secret Santa gifts at the annual Christmas get together.
The rules are simple:
- Pick your favourite book of the year
- Write an inscription inside or on a card, explaining why you selected it
- Wrap it in Christmas paper
- Pop it in a bag to protect anonymity (so nobody spots your wrapping paper!)
Then, on the night, we’ll pop all the gifts in Santa’s sack. Everyone gets to pick a great new read. We’ll review those in the January 2026 meetup.
Anyway… onto the book of the month:
It is Christmas Day at Champton Rectory. Canon Daniel Clement and his mother Audrey are joined by the residents. Guests of the big house arrive to drink, eat, and be merry.
At the festive feast, peace and goodwill prevail.
Until two meet under the mistletoe. One of them falls down dead. And Daniel suspects murder has returned to Champton…
Can Daniel and Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo solve the crime and catch the Christmas killer?
Buy Murder Under the Mistletoe and support your local bookshop
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