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
'‘Wonderfully irreverent, warm and funny, with twists galore.’ - Stuart MacBride
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
A terrific rip-roaring page turner! I very much enjoyed this darkly comic breakneck dash through the dark streets - and even darker secrets - of a North Yorkshire fishing village. - J. M. Hall
It gallops along at breakneck speed, is playful, and Frank the bungling hero is fabulous. - Scottish Field
A Christmas Treasure and the best read for this holiday season and beyond!
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