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Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Benison
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Twelve Drummers Drumming

A Father Christmas Mystery

A Father Christmas Mystery

By C. C. Benison

By C. C. Benison

By C. C. Benison

By C. C. Benison

Part of Father Christmas

Part of Father Christmas

Category: Suspense & Thriller

Category: Suspense & Thriller

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Paperback $15.00

Oct 30, 2012 | 400 Pages

Ebook $2.99

Oct 25, 2011 | 384 Pages

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    About Twelve Drummers Drumming

    Father Tom Christmas moves to the picturesque English hamlet of Thornford Regis to become its new vicar and to seek a peaceful haven. But inside the empty village hall, the huge Japanese o-daiko drum that’s featured in the May Fayre festivities has been viciously sliced open—and curled up inside is the bludgeoned body of Sybella Parry, the daughter of the choir director. Realizing this village is not the refuge he’d hoped for, Father Tom comes to a disturbing conclusion: Sybella’s killer must be one of his parishioners. No one is above suspicion—not Sebastian John, the deeply reserved verger, nor Mitsuko Drewe, a local artist, nor Colonel Northmore, survivor of a World War II prison camp. And over all hangs the long-unsolved mystery of a sudden disappearance, one that brought Father Tom to this picture-perfect place to live—or die.

    About Twelve Drummers Drumming

    Father Tom Christmas moves to the picturesque English hamlet of Thornford Regis to become its new vicar and to seek a peaceful haven. But inside the empty village hall, the huge Japanese o-daiko drum that’s featured in the May Fayre festivities has been viciously sliced open—and curled up inside is the bludgeoned body of Sybella Parry, the daughter of the choir director. Realizing this village is not the refuge he’d hoped for, Father Tom comes to a disturbing conclusion: Sybella’s killer must be one of his parishioners. No one is above suspicion—not Sebastian John, the deeply reserved verger, nor Mitsuko Drewe, a local artist, nor Colonel Northmore, survivor of a World War II prison camp. And over all hangs the long-unsolved mystery of a sudden disappearance, one that brought Father Tom to this picture-perfect place to live—or die.

    BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from C. C. Benison’s Eleven Pipers Piping.

    About C. C. Benison

    C. C. Benison has worked as a writer and editor for newspapers and magazines, as a book editor, and as a contributor to nonfiction books. A graduate of the University of Manitoba and Carleton University, he is the author of… More about C. C. Benison

    About C. C. Benison

    C. C. Benison has worked as a writer and editor for newspapers and magazines, as a book editor, and as a contributor to nonfiction books. A graduate of the University of Manitoba and Carleton University, he is the author of… More about C. C. Benison

    Product Details

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Bantam
    Oct 30, 2012 | 400 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780440246466

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Oct 25, 2011 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9780440339830

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    Praise

    “Splendid . . . An intelligent and empathic protagonist and skillful prose make this a winner.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
     
    “[C. C.] Benison does an admirable job balancing humor with suspense. . . . Father Christmas’s first case leaves you eager for his next.”—The Wall Street Journal
     
    “A crime novel that Agatha Christie might have been justly proud to claim as her own.”—Margaret Maron, New York Times bestselling author of Christmas Mourning
     
    “Highly recommended . . . a marvelous series debut.”—Library Journal
     
    “The perfect treat for suspense fans in a holiday mood.”—BookPage

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