
Calling all amateur sleuths Join Laconia Librarys informal monthly. The second, Eleven Pipers Piping, was published in October 2012. 6 The mystery series follows Father Tom Christmas, a priest in an English village, who often stumbles upon murder. 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.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from C. Mystery Book Club: Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. In autumn 2011 Benison published Twelve Drummers Drumming, the first of a series of crime novels inspired by the Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. 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. 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. 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. This information about ' - BookBrowses membership magazine, and in our weekly ' ' newsletter. Benisons series starring Father Tom Christmas, an appealing new detective on the mystery scene.

Father Tom Christmas moves to the picturesque English hamlet of Thornford Regis to become its new vicar and to seek a peaceful haven. Smart, funny, edgy, and packing a terrific emotional charge, Twelve Drummers Drumming is a brilliant launch for C.
