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Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Benison

Twelve Drummers Drumming

A Father Christmas Mystery

C. C. Benison

Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 30, 2012

Father Tom Christmas moves to the picturesque English hamlet of Thornford Regis to become its new vicar and to seek a peaceful haven.

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Who it’s for
A village murder, a vicar, and a festive drum set an offbeat mystery in motion.
Themes
Murder, Village suspicion, Unsolved disappearance
Genres
Cozy Holiday Mysteries, Holiday Fiction, Amateur Sleuths

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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.

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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.

Village Whodunit

A village murder, a vicar, and a festive drum set an offbeat mystery in motion.

Come here for

  • A Christmas-season village mystery with a distinctly unusual crime scene
  • Suspicion stretching from the verger to the local artist

Expect

  • A picturesque English hamlet where parish life offers no easy refuge
  • A long-unsolved disappearance shadowing the murder investigation

Where it sits

Cozy Holiday Mysteries95%
Amateur Sleuths33%
Holiday Fiction30%

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Publisher categories

  • Amateur Sleuths
  • Cozy Holiday Mysteries
  • Holiday Fiction
Authors
C. C. Benison
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
October 30, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Murder · Village suspicion · Unsolved disappearance
Reading lane
Amateur Sleuths