With tensions already high, a body is discovered – the victim of a savage murder. In December of 1923, the Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple gathers her family at the ancestral estate of Brockdene in Cornwall, only to see everything quickly go awry. Get it here: Amazon | (support independent bookstores) Though multiple sets of holiday festivities give this book a lot of characters to track (especially for those not familiar with the series), it's a fun novel with all the elements of a classic British Christmas…with murder. Unfortunately for both of them, she'll be dead the next time he sees her. Scotland Yard's Superintendent Richard Jury isn't looking forward to Christmas in Newcastle – until he meets a beautiful woman in a snowy graveyard. 11 Great British Christmas Mystery Novels We've also included links where possible, as they sell physical copies and support independent bookshops by sharing the sales across a large pool of businesses (many of them struggling due to the pandemic). In most cases, we've linked to the Kindle versions – but where other editions are available, you'll be able to change your preference after you click through to the product page. Christmas murder mysteries are practically a genre all to themselves, so it would take more than one post to tackle them all – but these should get you started. Since it seems like this holiday season may give all of us a little extra time indoors, I thought we'd use this post to take a look at some British Christmas-themed mystery novels. In some cases, we earn commissions from affiliate links in our posts.

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