Get personalized recommendations and earn points toward a free book!
Before you go...
Check Out
The Bestselling Books of All Time
See the List
Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Benison
Read An Excerpt

Look Inside

Read An Excerpt

Twelve Drummers Drumming

A Father Christmas Mystery

A Father Christmas Mystery

A Mystery

By C. C. Benison

By C. C. Benison

By C. C. Benison

By C. C. Benison

By C.C. Benison
Read by Steve West and Jean Gilpin

By C.C. Benison
Read by Steve West and Jean Gilpin

Best Seller

Part of Father Christmas

Part of Father Christmas

Part of Father Christmas

Paperback $15.00

Oct 30, 2012 | 400 Pages

Ebook $2.99

Oct 25, 2011 | 384 Pages

Audiobook Download $22.50

Oct 25, 2011 | 840 Minutes

All Formats
+
    Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Benison
    Paperback
    Oct 30, 2012 | 400 Pages
    See All Formats (2) +

    Paperback
    –

    • Paperback $15.00

      Oct 30, 2012 | 400 Pages

    Ebook
    +

    • Ebook $2.99

      Oct 25, 2011 | 384 Pages

    Audio
    +

    Buy the Audiobook Download:

    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 Twelve Drummers Drumming

    Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. The Reverend Tom “Father” Christmas, the newest vicar of Thornford Regis, an idyllic rural town in England, turns detective when one of his parishioners turns up dead in a drum, and everyone in town seems to have something to confess. Tom Christmas came to picturesque Thornford Regis with his young daughter to escape the terrible experience of losing his wife in the city. Her murder sent him packing to the bucolic and charming town, where violent crime isn’t supposed to happen and the greatest sin is supposed to be nothing a member of the clergy can’t handle. Then, at the town fair, a woman is found murdered. Tom soon learnsthat everyone in Thornford Regis has a secret to hide–infidelity, theft, even past murders. Twelve Drummers Drumming showcases a lovely place to live and/or die, and marks the debut of a planned twelve-book mystery series featuring the brilliant Father Christmas.

    Read An Excerpt

    Read An Excerpt

    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

    About C.C. Benison

    C. C. Benison is the nom de plume of Doug Whiteway. He worked as a reporter and feature writer for the Winnipeg Free Press in the 1980s. As an independent writer, he has contributed to numerous magazines, newspapers, and corporate communications. He also… More about C.C. Benison

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

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

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

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

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 25, 2011 | 840 Minutes | ISBN 9780307943798

    People Who Read Twelve Drummers Drumming Also Read

    ‹ ›
    The Punishment She Deserves
    Patriot Games (Movie Tie-In)
    Y is for Yesterday
    Murder, She Reported
    Maigret Sets a Trap
    Accessories to Die For
    The Brightest Fell
    Knit Your Own Murder
    The Trouble with Harriet
    Aunt Dimity and the Buried Treasure
    Big Little Lies (Movie Tie-In)
    Frosty the Dead Man
    Maggie Dove's Detective Agency
    We Wish You a Murderous Christmas
    A Killer Kebab
    Murder of a Cranky Catnapper
    Cancelled by Murder
    Silk Stalkings
    Dressed to Kilt
    Read to Death
    Crazy Mountain Kiss
    Checked Out
    Killer Takeout
    The Infidel Stain
    A Whisker of Trouble
    A Wee Dose of Death
    Give Up the Ghost
    Writing All Wrongs
    Looking for Mr. Good Witch
    Ghost Wanted
    The Good Friday Murder
    The Marsh Madness
    Once Upon a Grind
    Dear Daughter
    The Royal Assassin
    Phantom Instinct
    The Rhyme of the Magpie
    Everything I Never Told You
    Some Like It Witchy
    The Devil's Workshop
    Ivory Ghosts
    The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer
    Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart
    Literally Murder
    Nightmares Can Be Murder

    Inspired by Your Browsing History

    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

    Looking for More Great Reads?
    Download our Spring Fiction Sampler Now
    Back to Top

    Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network

    Brightly

    Raise kids who love to read
    TASTE img

    TASTE

    An online magazine for today’s home cook

    LitFlash

    The eBooks you want at the lowest prices

    Read it Forward

    Read it first. Pass it on!