Father Tom Christmas Mystery Book Series
Book One
Twelve Drummers Drumming
Father Tom Christmas expects little more than good food, good company, and a snowy weekend when he becomes stranded at a country hotel during a Burns Supper. Instead, the evening ends in murder.
Tom is soon drawn into a web of secrets, tensions, and past crimes. As another long-buried body surfaces, the village’s pastoral calm gives way to suspicion and fear. Blending wit, warmth, and suspense, this novel explores grief, faith, and the hidden darkness behind idyllic facades—where everyone has something to hide.
“C.C. Benison brings the English village mystery into a more demanding era, crafting a story with dimension and subtlety, in which resoundingly real characters grapple with loss and danger and matters of immortality—without losing the whimsy, the tight plotting, and the palpable delight in Traditional England found in his predecessors. ”
“The Reverend Tom Christmas is an intriguing sleuth, a dedicated vicar with admitted shortcomings that render him entirely human. Stepped in the aura of English village life, with a cast of entertaining characters, and blessed with a touch of humor, this delightful series will keep you charmed, intrigued, and guessing right up to the end.”
