Twelve Drummers Drumming, C.C. Benison
Twelve Drummers Drumming, C.C. Benison
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Twelve Drummers Drumming
A Mystery

Author: C.C. Benison

Narrator: Steve West, Jean Gilpin

Unabridged: 14 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2011

Synopsis

Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. 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. Tom Christmas came to picturesque Thornford Regis with his young daughter to escape the terrible experience of losing his wife in the city. Her murder sent him packing to the bucolic and charming town, where violent crime isn't supposed to happen and the greatest sin is supposed to be nothing a member of the clergy can't handle. Then, at the town fair, a woman is found murdered. Tom soon learnsthat everyone in Thornford Regis has a secret to hide--infidelity, theft, even past murders. Twelve Drummers Drumming showcases a lovely place to live and/or die, and marks the debut of a planned twelve-book mystery series featuring the brilliant Father Christmas.

About The Author

C. C. BENISON is the nom de plume for Arthur Ellis Award-winning author Doug Whiteway.  He studied comparative religion at the University of Manitoba and journalism at Carleton University, in Ottawa, and has worked as a writer and editor for newspapers and magazines, as a book editor, and as a contributor to nonfiction books. He lives in Winnipeg, where he is at work on his next Father Christmas mystery, Ten Lords A-Leaping.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mo

2 1/2 stars What do you think the chances were, if an author wrote a book with a character named Father Christmas, and took the title of the book from the lyrics of a Christmas carol, and plastered the cover with 12 nutcrackers beating drums, that the person buying said book might reasonably suppose......more

Goodreads review by Mandy

Twelve Drummers Drumming was one of those books where I kept looking at how much more I had left to read because I didn't want it to end. Father Tom Christmas is a widowed vicar who retreats to a charming, quiet village to raise his daughter and recuperate from the murder of his wife in their forme......more

Goodreads review by Laurel

I am usually very conservative with my ebook purchasing, contenting myself with freebies and watching for books under $2, but I actually paid full price for this one. What can I say? It was Christmas, I was away from home, the title and reviews intrigued me, and I didn't want to wait until I could g......more

Goodreads review by Mary Ronan

The discussion about being seduced by book covers continues. I have to add to it the seduction of the blurbs. A couple of months before a book is published the author and publisher have to solicit comments from other authors and reviewers. Not much fun, I'm told, even if your book is really good. And......more

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