Christmas Mourning

<p><strong>CHRISTMAS MOURNING is the eighth instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages dastardly deeds and a delightful slice of humour.</strong><br><br>Praise for Andrea Frazer's twisty and compelling crime novels:<br><br>***** 'The best laugh I have had for a long time. Great story very well written' Reader Review<br><br>***** 'I loved the book. A good British mystery. Characters are great. All mystery lovers would enjoy this' Reader Review<br><br>***** 'I have read all of the Falconer Files and they are all excellent. Well written with lovable and quirkycharacters' Reader Review<br><br>***** 'Andrea Frazer's Falconer files are outstanding long may she continue to write them they are like a breath of fresh air' Reader Review<br><br>***** 'Once again another gripping story in a perfect village... a lot of twists and turns and wonderfuldescriptions so that one feels actually "there" amongst it all' Reader Review<br><br>***** 'Discovered this series of books and can't get enough of them. Characters very appealing and loads of humour. Just what I like best' Reader Review<br>_________<br><br>The UK is experiencing its worst winter for years.<br>Catastrophic news for DI Harry Falconer as he has rashly promised to spend Christmas with his sergeant Carmichael and Carmichael's rambunctious family in Castle Farthing - only to find himself snowed in and in and spending a lot longer at chez Carmichael than is desirable...<br><br>Without power or telephones and Castle Farthing cut off from the outside world until further notice Christmas Day greets them... with a murder in St Cuthbert's Church where the locum vicar has discovered to his horror one of Castle Farthing's residents nailed to a gigantic cross.<br><br>Falconer and Carmichael are left to dig their way out of Carmichael's cottage to investigate the terrible crime with none of the technology and support normally available to them.<br><br>As if this is not enough to cope with Carmichael has agreed to look after a huge Great Dane over the festivities Kerry Carmichael is just about to give birth - and death is still stalking the snowed-in community intent on claiming at least one more victim...</p>