CHRISTMAS MOURNING is the eighth instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds, and a delightful slice of humour.

Praise for Andrea Frazer's twisty and compelling crime novels:

***** 'The best laugh I have had for a long time. Great story very well written' Reader Review

***** 'I loved the book. A good British mystery. Characters are great. All mystery lovers would enjoy this' Reader Review

***** 'I have read all of the Falconer Files and they are all excellent. Well written with lovable and quirkycharacters' Reader Review

***** 'Andrea Frazer's Falconer files are outstanding long may she continue to write them they are like a breath of fresh air' Reader Review

***** 'Once again, another gripping story in a perfect village... a lot of twists and turns and wonderfuldescriptions so that one feels actually "there" amongst it all' Reader Review

***** 'Discovered this series of books and can't get enough of them. Characters very appealing and loads of humour. Just what I like best' Reader Review
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The UK is experiencing its worst winter for years.
Catastrophic news for DI Harry Falconer, as he has rashly promised to spend Christmas with his sergeant, Carmichael, and Carmichael's rambunctious family, in Castle Farthing - only to find himself snowed in and in and spending a lot longer at chez Carmichael than is desirable...

Without power or telephones, and Castle Farthing cut off from the outside world until further notice, Christmas Day greets them... with a murder in St Cuthbert's Church, where the locum vicar has discovered, to his horror, one of Castle Farthing's residents nailed to a gigantic cross.

Falconer and Carmichael are left to dig their way out of Carmichael's cottage to investigate the terrible crime, with none of the technology and support normally available to them.

As if this is not enough to cope with, Carmichael has agreed to look after a huge Great Dane over the festivities, Kerry Carmichael is just about to give birth - and death is still stalking the snowed-in community, intent on claiming at least one more victim...