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The welcome go back of C. C. Benison's delectable series featuring Father Tom Christmas - "an irresistible addition to the ranks of clerical sleuths" (Julia Spencer-Fleming). Daddy Tom Christmas, the just lately widowed vicar changing to life in the English town of Thornford Regis, would do almost anything to avoid participating the total annual Robert Melts away Supper at the local hotel. But as chaplain to a traditional Scottish pipe group, Daddy Tom must deliver the grace - and contend with wailing bagpipes, whiskey-laced parishioners reciting poetry, and the culinary abomination that is haggis. As snow comes to unprecedented depths, the revelers keep on - briefly interrupted by an enigmatic stranger seeking shelter. Then Will Moir, proprietor of the hotel and a dedicated piper, inexplicably will go missing - only to be found later in the hotel's deep tower, on your and useless from what appears to be a coronary attack. Daddy Tom's own heart sinks when he learns the actual reason behind Will's demise. When term gets out, the flurry of innocent speculation descends into outlandish gossip. And, for many its tranquil appeal, Thornford Regis has lots to gossip about - illicit trysts, muted violence, private sorrows, and old, unresolved tragedies. The question is: Who would benefit most from the piper's fatality? Suspicion swirls around many, including Will's beautiful widow, their shadowy kid, Will's obnoxious brother-in-law, and even the incomprehensible get together crasher, who has learned more than she let us on about the grudges she left behind - but never forgot. Brimming with wit, full of genuine delight, and featuring one of the most memorable (and improbable) detectives in enigma fiction, C. C. Benison's second Father Christmas mystery will joy listeners with a puzzle that truly defies solution.
