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Product details
- ISBN 9781529439861
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 128 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 23 Oct 2025
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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An hilarious and gripping festive whodunnit, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Agatha Christie
It's Christmas Eve at the Merry Monarch.
Nestled amongst the Yorkshire Dales, the pub is preparing to host its annual scavenger hunt for its rabble of regulars. There's the landlord, Mickey, his wife Sofia and their wayward son, James; local policeman Alex and his supernaturally minded deputy Don; as well as Sita, Mrs Fazarkaley, the Kapoors and Curtis, who's never far from his beloved dog Barkley. Quite the crowd.
And this year, they are interrupted by a knock at the door from Maddie Marlowe, a journalist who was homeward bound to Edinburgh for Christmas - only to be stranded by car failure, and by the snow storm that's closing in on the village.
But Maddie's arrival won't be the only surprise of the night. When the power is cut off and darkness descends, the hunt turns deadly. Maddie and her unexpected Christmas companions must try to find the murderer amongst them, as it seems one of the group would kill to win . . .
'Nothing like a good murder to get you into the Yuletide spirit' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ READER REVIEW
'Cosy crime gets festive' WOMAN & HOME
'Really good fun' BEST
Noelle Albright is a Yorkshire-born author and poet based in the north east of England. After completing her MA in creative writing at the York St John University, she wrote for a range of publications, edited her own independent film magazine and penned three non-fiction books.
Noelle Albright currently lives by the sea in Sunderland, where under the name of Helen Cox she writes poetry, romance novellas and the Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mystery Series.
