![]() ![]() The Reverend Tom 'Father' Christmas, the newest vicar of Thornford Regis, an idyllic rural town in England, turns detective when one of his parishioners turns up dead in a drum, and everyone in town seems to have something to confess. ![]() 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. Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. 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. Father Tom Christmas moves to the picturesque English hamlet of Thornford Regis to become its new vicar and to seek a peaceful haven. 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. ![]()
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