The Christmas Miracle Crimes

What do sleigh rides, snowmen, and slaughter have in common? The author of The Author is Dead welcomes you to a traditional country-house Christmas – snowed-in with a murderer and a miracle problem to solve.The murder at Whitefell Chimneys had an unimpeachable witness – with unbelievable testimony. The victim’s young daughter was adamant that Father Christmas had come down the chimney with a sackful of presents, shot her father dead, and left the way he came – and with the scene of the crime locked and guarded throughout, nobody had a better explanation!Fortunately, two detectives have been found stranded in the snow, a young woman and an old one. They’re a strange pair, but they deal in strange cases. The two of them are the only ones who stand a chance at solving this mystery – if they don’t burn their bridges with the victim’s family first. But as the snows deepen around the house and the rifts widen within, it becomes clear that Saint Nick’s miraculous crimes have only just begun…Reality and legend, then and now, collide in a seasonal mystery as unforgettable as it is unfathomable, and the detectives will have to unearth long-buried secrets and explain the unexplainable if they want to unmask Santa Claus and survive a deadly Christmas at Whitefell Chimneys.