{"product_id":"book-i73a","title":"A Christmas Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSnow falls, ghost stories are told by the roaring castle fire. It’s a cozy Christmas for sure, but a murderer hides, even here… A stand-alone Posie Parker novella, perfect for Agatha Christie fans! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYorkshire, Christmas Eve, 1923.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePosie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eChief Inspector Lovelace\u003c\/strong\u003e of Scotland Yard have been invited to spend Christmas at Rebburn Abbey, ancestral home of the \u003cstrong\u003eEarl and Countess of Cardigeon\u003c\/strong\u003e. It’s Christmas Eve and \u003cstrong\u003eRufus Cardigeon\u003c\/strong\u003e holds court, as each house guest is invited to share a personal mystery, but what unfolds turns out to be less a cozy cornucopia of fire-side Christmas cheer than a series of curiously interlinked and unsettling mysteries. But then, who promised that any of the tales had to be cozy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrepare for tales of unexplained murders, long-concealed mysteries, strange visitors in the night, and \u003cstrong\u003ea secret in Posie’s own past, about her parents, which haunts her to this very day\u003c\/strong\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut something is afoot. Several of the guests are acting shiftily, and when \u003cstrong\u003ea sparkling Christmas gift under the tree is revealed to be a ticking time bomb\u003c\/strong\u003e, designed to cause multiple murders and mayhem, Posie and Lovelace have to locate the perpetrator, fast. Who would want to cause such untold misery, and why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould it be, even at Rebburn Abbey on Christmas Eve, that the past can overshadow the present? Does the presence of evil lurk here? And what is wrong with the usually effervescent \u003cstrong\u003eDolly, Countess Cardigeon?\u003c\/strong\u003e Can the spirit of Christmas, or anything else, pull her from whatever ails her?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA delightfully twisty and stylish Christmas golden-age style mystery novella that fans of Agatha Christie, \u003cem\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/em\u003e and Lee Strauss will adore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease sign up for the newsletter at \u003cstrong\u003elbhathaway.com\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49407298863408,"sku":"BDi73a","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/476192-i73a-Square.jpg?v=1735789513","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i73a","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}