| It’s the holiday season in Dickens Junction, Oregon. Local bookstore owner, Simon Alastair, is getting ready for the community’s annual celebration of Charles Dickens well-known story. But when a mysterious stranger shows up in the Junction and is murdered hours later, Simon begins to suspect that his little community has been targeted for destruction by a shadowy organization. With the support of Zach, a dashing young magazine reporter, Simon decides to investigate the crime himself. When a second murder follows, Simon must confront the worst question of all: which of his friends and business associates is a ruthless murderer?
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The Christmas Carol Murders is the first of an exciting new cozy mystery series combining the atmosphere of a classic Agatha Christie puzzle, the deft touch of Charlotte MacLeod, a hint of Oscar Wilde’s humor, and the literary spirit of the great Charles Dickens.Release: September 24th, 2012 Publisher: Harrison Thurman ISBN: 978-0-9853236-0-8 Price: $13.95 267 pages 5.5" x 8.5" |  ***
THE CHRISTMAS CAROL MURDERS
A tantalizing cozy murder mystery in the Dickens Junction Series by Christopher Lord.
Christopher Lord's Biography
Christopher Lord was born in Astoria, Oregon. He now lives in Portland with his partner of twenty years and their Devon Rex, Miss Corey, the inspiration for Simon’s Miss Tox. He is hard at work on future books in the Dickens Junction mystery series. |
Critical Praise and Advance Reviews
For Christopher Lord's The Christmas Carol Murders
"If Frank Hardy had come out, opened a bookstore, and moved to a Dickens-obsessed Oregon small town, he might have grown up to be something like Simon, the protagonist of Christopher Lord’s charming new mystery, The Christmas Carol Murders. Full of homespun characters and curious goings-on, Lord’s mystery is a love letter to both Dickens and to the small town amateur detectives who’ve kept the peace in hamlets from River Heights to Cabot Cove. Christopher Lord's charming new mystery... is so full of love for book. Readers will eat it up.” -Chelsea Cain, New York Times best-selling thriller writer
"The Christmas Carol Murders is a smart, satisfying and contemporary twist on the literary landscape of Charles Dickens. It features a likeably urbane amateur detective, an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, and a juicy mystery that puts the trappings of Christmas Past, Present, and Future to new and grisly uses. Whether you’ve read Charles Dickens or not, The Christmas Carol Murders will delight and surprise you. -Pamela Smith Hill, award-winning author of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life
"A delicious romp through the world of Dickens wonderfully imagined in the 21st century by Christopher Lord. The Christmas Carol Murders has it all: mystery, eccentric characters galore and a touch of frivolity. You don’t have to be a Dickens fan to fall in love with this novel. -Margaret Coel, New York Times bestselling author of Buffalo Bill's Dead
“Christopher Lord has all but immortalized Charles Dickens -- his characters, his enthralling sense of story, his entire fictional universe. From the opening pages, The Christmas Carol Murders is an enjoyable contemporary spin on the lush psychological environs of Dickens’s own territory. With this story of a small town bookseller turned gumshoe, Lord emerges as a bright new voice in mystery.” -Evan P. Schneider, author of A Simple Machine, Like the Leve
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