A Christmas Carol Murder
  • Published: 21 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9781496717177
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $59.99

A Christmas Carol Murder

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7 Dec 2021
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21 Dec 2020
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Charles Dickens is one of the most famous and influential writers in English literature and Heather Redmond's delightful series asks "what if Dickens had also solved crimes...?" Now, the third book in the acclaimed A Dickens of a Crime series reimagines Dickens' most famous story, A Christmas Carol, as a murder mystery with Dickens himself as the sleuth.

The latest novel from Heather Redmond’s acclaimed mystery series finds young Charles Dickens suspecting a miser of pushing his partner out a window, but his fiancée Kate Hogarth takes a more charitable view of the old man's innocence . . .
 
London, December 1835: Charles and Kate are out with friends and family for a chilly night of caroling and good cheer. But their blood truly runs cold when their singing is interrupted by a body plummeting from an upper window of a house. They soon learn the dead man at their feet, his neck strangely wrapped in chains, is Jacob Harley, the business partner of the resident of the house, an unpleasant codger who owns a counting house, one Emmanuel Screws.
 
Ever the journalist, Charles dedicates himself to discovering who's behind the diabolical defenestration. But before he can investigate further, Harley's corpse is stolen. Following that, Charles is visited in his quarters by what appears to be Harley's ghost—or is it merely Charles’s overwrought imagination? He continues to suspect Emmanuel, the same penurious penny pincher who denied his father a loan years ago, but Kate insists the old man is too weak to heave a body out a window. Their mutual affection and admiration can accommodate a difference of opinion, but matters are complicated by the unexpected arrival of an infant orphan. Charles must find the child a home while solving a murder, to ensure that the next one in chains is the guilty party . . .
  • Published: 21 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9781496717177
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $59.99
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Praise for A Christmas Carol Murder

Praise for Heather Redmond's Dickens of a Crime Series

"Once again, Redmond mixes history, mystery, and a little bit of whimsy." --Kirkus Reviews on Grave Expectations

"Readers will look forward to Charles' further adventures." --Publishers Weekly on Grave Expectations

"Atmospheric, absorbing...A worthy read that provides some armchair time travel and is great for fans of Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May series." --Booklist on Grave Expectations

"One of the most satisfying mysteries you will read this year...These are great tales that offer up a completely fresh side to Charles Dickens that readers are (and should be) falling in love with!" --Suspense Magazine on Grave Expectations

"Grave Expectations is as easy to read as one of Mr. Dickens' actual novels and as entertaining. As the subtitle reveals, it's a Dickens of a tale, and readers should be coming back for more." --New York Journal of Books

"A fast-moving and engaging story." --Historical Novels Review on Grave Expectations

"Watching young Charles sniff out the connection between the two deaths is only part of the fun. Readers can...travel through a historical London that's vivid without being overcrowded with detail. Each character's voice is distinctive and appropriate to the period...Mystery fans and history buffs alike should cheer." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW for A Tale of Two Murders

"Sharp, incisive, and delightfully twisty.'" --Anna Lee Huber, bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries on A Tale of Two Murders

"For Dickens fans, this charming little puzzler will prove a delight." --Booklist on A Tale of Two Murders

"One suspects that Mr. Dickens himself would thoroughly enjoy this literary play on his early life and sleuthing abilities. Great funto read!" --Catherine Lloyd, author of the Kurland St. Mary Mysteries on A Tale of Two Murders

"A Tale of Two Murders is an all-over twisty read and a Dickens of a good mystery!" --Julie Mulhern, USA Today bestselling author of The Country Club Murders on A Tale of Two Murders

"With the mystery-weaving skill of Anne Perry and the tone of Dickens, Heather Redmond's A Tale of Two Murders mixes raw suspense with flirtatious banter in a fast-paced historical mystery that keeps us guessing through a tour of 1830s London." --Ransom Stephens, author of The Sensory Deception on A Tale of Two Murders