Murder at the Winter Fair

Bustling stalls decorated with handmade baubles and holly, a drinks tent selling hot spiced wine, and a traditional toffee-making competition… but no amount of Christmas cheer will help Lady Swift solve another murder!

Away in the beautiful but frosty Welsh mountains, Lady Eleanor Swift and her detective agency are trying to enjoy the local seasonal traditions… until a man collapses and dies right in front of them at the village winter fair.

Poisoned mead is ruled the cause of death and the stallholders reveal the dead man, Steffan Adams, was tailing Eleanor at the time of his passing… Then Gladstone the bulldog sniffs out an unusual signet ring lost in a snowdrift belonging to the victim, decorated with a red Welsh dragon.

The ring leads Eleanor and Hugh into a decades-old mystery more tangled than tinsel, and a cover-up someone would kill to keep silent as the night. But before they can separate the angels from those definitely on the naughty list, another body is found much closer to home…

With a blizzard rolling in, can Eleanor wrap up the case before jingle bells becomes jingle hell?

A totally charming and festive Golden Age cozy mystery set in Wales at Christmas. Fans of Benedict Brown, L.B. Hathaway and T.E. Kinsey will adore it!

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