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The next installment in Ada Moncrieff's Christmas murder series, Murder at Midwinter follows amateur sleuth Daphne once again as she attempts to solve a murder at her school reunion which seems to be tied to an unsolved kidnapping twenty years before.

Downtown Abbey meets Agatha Christie covered in snow in this utterly captivating murder mystery.__________________________________An invitation to die for. . . Christmas 1937. An assortment of guests, including journalist turned amateur sleuth Daphne King, have arrived at Maybridge Castle, deep in the Cumbrian countryside. Hector Hayton, once something of a fixture on the society circuit of London, has recently purchased the castle and transformed it into 'England's first and only bona fide haunted hotel'. Guests can enjoy a range of ghoulish activities, from séances with a local medium to tours of the forest bordering the castle, where newly-discovered graves suggest that it is the final resting place of countless women persecuted in the witch trials. During a game of murder-in-the-dark, however, one of the guests is killed, and it becomes clear that Maybridge Castle lives up to its haunted reputation.

It''s Christmas at London''s Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery...December 1935. Director Chester Harrison''s production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its tour of regional theatres. With tensions amongst the cast running high, the company reach their final stop - London''s Theatre Royale - a few days before Christmas.Catastrophe, however, strikes on opening night: ''Scrooge'' dies on stage, seemingly due to a heart attack. But the show must go on. Until, that is, an old rival of Chester''s is murdered in a dressing room. Are those associated with the production being picked off one by one? Journalist Daphne King is determined to reveal the truth...Readers love Ada Moncrieff''s Christmas mysteries:''Brilliant...full of twists and turns'' ''A modern rival to Agatha Christie''''A new festive favourite''