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Murder at Holly House Signed First Edition

A dazzling Christmas murder mystery from the bestselling author of the DCI Daley series

Denzil Meyrick author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:9th Nov '23

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'A wonderfully entertaining mystery with great characters, setting and period detail.' Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and Croissants

'A complete joy' Miranda Dickinson

'Best read of the year' Quintin Jardine

A village of secrets

It's December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the remote town of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer? Either way, he wasn't on anyone's Christmas wish list.

A mystery that can't be solved
Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. The victim of some unfortunate misunderstandings, he hopes this case will help clear his name. But as is often the way for Grasby, things most certainly don't go according to plan.

A Christmas to remember
Soon blizzards hit the North York Moors, cutting off the village from help, and the local doctor's husband is found murdered. Grasby begins to realise that everyone in Elderby is hiding something - and if he can't uncover the truth soon, the whole country will pay a dreadful price...

'A wonderfully entertaining mystery with great characters, setting and period detail.' * Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and Croissants *
'Murder at Holly House' might be the most surprising book I've read this year. With all Meyrick's trademark ingenious plotting, guile and humour, this is a sure-fire set up for a very satisfying series.' * S. G. MacLean *
Murder at Holly House is a complete joy of a historical Christmas crime novel. All the elements of a classic crime caper shot through with Yorkshire humour, cracking characters and an evocative setting. Bumbling yet brilliant Inspector Frank Grasby is the detective hero we've been waiting for. I'm crossing my fingers for more cases to come! * Miranda Dickinson *
'Meyrick is a literary genius. As chilling as a Yorkshire winter with dark humour and likeable, flawed characters. I loved this book.' * Michael Wood *
'Plotting and character creation are the two essentials of mystery fiction. Denzil Meyrick is a proven master of both: as evidence, I cite Murder at Holly House. Best read of the year.' * Quintin Jardine *

ISBN: 9781787637184-SF

Dimensions: 240mm x 162mm x 34mm

Weight: 592g

368 pages