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The Christmas Stocking Murders - A Frank Grasby Mystery (Hardback)
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The Christmas Stocking Murders - A Frank Grasby Mystery (Hardback)

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Hardback 368 Pages
Published: 07/11/2024
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Another delicious slice of festive cosy crime from the author of Murder at Holly House that finds Grasby and Juggers investigating a mysterious double murder in a remote coastal village awash with high-quality hosiery.

A case shrouded in secrets.
It’s just before Christmas, 1953. Grasby and Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley’s Bay. A fisherman has been found dead on the beach, with a stocking wound tight round his throat.

A festive mystery for one and all.
Hundreds of pairs of stockings, in neat cellophane bags, soon wash up on the shore. A blizzard cuts off Grasby and Juggers from help, and the local innkeeper is murdered. Any remaining Christmas cheer goes up in smoke as the villagers refuse to talk, leaving the two detectives chasing false leads in the snow.

A winter wonderland with no escape.
To make matters worse, Grasby can’t stop thinking about stockings. Why does everyone seem to be enjoying strangely high standards of hosiery, even beneath their oilskins? Who is the sinister bespectacled man snooping around their hotel? And how can they solve the murder when everyone in the village is a suspect?

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780857506399
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 576 g
Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 34 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

'‘Wonderfully irreverent, warm and funny, with twists galore.’ - Stuart MacBride

Denzil Meyrick, revelling in fond and foolish nostalgia, has once again produced a tale of first-class nonsense. - The Times

Unabashed comedy…Not many new novels have me laughing aloud these days, but this one did, time and again. - Yorkshire Life

Darkly comic and engaging, this is a Christmas cracker you simply won’t want to put down. - Woman's Weekly

A laugh-out-loud must for the Christmas stocking for any mystery fan in your life. - Irish Independent

Grasby and Juggers are a tremendous pairing who display Denzil Meyrick’s comic talents to the full in this immensely enjoyable Christmas caper set in a wintry Yorkshire seaside town. Scratching below the surface, there is again much to be found that reflects not only on the 1950s, but on our own time. Highly recommended. - S. J. MacLean

Outlandish and unpredictable, yet anyone who knows the Yorkshire coast will find it hilarious and all too plausible. - Antony Johnston

I loved the humour and ambiance of this book. Definitely one to read over the festive holidays. - Faith Martin

An authentic vintage crime laced with dark humour. Frank Grasby is an instant classic detective. Unmissable. - Michael Wood

Fun, funny, gory, and great. - Daily Express

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“I Doff My Hat and Clap my Hands With Joy!!!”

A Christmas Treasure and the best read for this holiday season and beyond!
The Christmas Stocking Murders is the must have read this Christmas and a masterpiece in crime fiction, so full of twists and jaw dropping... More

Hardback edition
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“A wonderful festive crime caper”

Hot on the heels of last year's Murder at Holly House comes the return of inspector Frank Grasby and his boss Juggers

This festive tale takes them to the Yorkshire coastline where a body has been found on a... More

Hardback edition
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“A Cosy Murder Mystery”

Another cosy murder story set in 1953 in Yorkshire and starring Frank Grasby and Juggers .It is Christmas ,snow is falling and a body has been found in the remote village of Uthley Bay ,so Grasby and his boss Juggers... More

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