The Twelve Clues of Christmas (A Royal Spyness Mystery)

By Rhys Bowen

Book Overview

She may be thirty-fifth in line for the throne, but Lady Georgiana Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the new year before a Christmas killer wrings another neck On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me well, actually, "my "true love, Darcy O Mara, is spending a "feliz navidad" tramping around South America. Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward And I m snowed in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpuss sister-in-law, Fig. So it s a miracle when I contrive to land a position as hostess to a posh holiday party in Tiddleton. The village is like something out of "A Christmas Carol" But no sooner have I arrived than a neighborhood nuisance, a fellow named Freddie falls out of a tree, dead . Dickensian, indeed. Freddie s merely a stocking stuffer. On my second day in town, another so-called accident turns up another mincemeat pie and yet another on my third. The village is buzzing that a recent prison break could have something to do with it that, or a long-standing witch s curse. I m not so sure. But after Darcy shows up beneath the mistletoe, anything could be possible in this wicked wonderland."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425252787
• ISBN13: 9780425252789
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 1.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher