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The Latest Novel From Heather Redmond's Acclaimed Mystery Series Finds Young Charles Dickens Suspecting A Miser Of Pushing His Partner Out A Window, But His FiancΓ©e Kate Hogarth Takes A More Charitable View Of The Old Man's Innocence . . . London, December 1835: Charles And Kate Are Out With Friends And Family For A Chilly Night Of Caroling And Good Cheer. But Their Blood Truly Runs Cold When Their Singing Is Interrupted By A Body Plummeting From An Upper Window Of A House. They Soon Learn The Dead Man At Their Feet, His Neck Strangely Wrapped In Chains, Is Jacob Harley, The Business Partner Of The Resident Of The House, An Unpleasant Codger Who Owns A Counting House, One Emmanuel Screws. Ever The Journalist, Charles Dedicates Himself To Discovering Who's Behind The Diabolical Defenestration. But Before He Can Investigate Further, Harley's Corpse Is Stolen. Following That, Charles Is Visited In His Quarters By What Appears To Be Harley's Ghost--or Is It Merely Charles's Overwrought Imagination? He Continues To Suspect Emmanuel, The Same Penurious Penny Pincher Who Denied His Father A Loan Years Ago, But Kate Insists The Old Man Is Too Weak To Heave A Body Out A Window. Their Mutual Affection And Admiration Can Accommodate A Difference Of Opinion, But Matters Are Complicated By The Unexpected Arrival Of An Infant Orphan. Charles Must Find The Child A Home While Solving A Murder, To Ensure That The Next One In Chains Is The Guilty Party . . .
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It's Christmas in Tinker's Cove, Maine, and Lucy Stone is excited about her acting debut in the town's production of A Christmas Carol. But a real life Scrooge has everyone feeling frosty, and with a murderer on the loose, Lucy will have to unwrap her sleuthing skills faster than she can say, "Bah!
**One of five beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions** First published on December 19, 1843, *A Christmas Carol* was an instant classic: Londoners thronged to hear Dickens read it in person and bought out the first printing in days. Its reception was so ecstatic that it
SUMMARY: This new selection of Dickens's Christmas writings confirms his lasting influence upon our idea of the Christmas spirit: that Christmas is a time for celebration, charity, and memory. In addition to the beloved A Christmas Carol, this volume includes such festive works as "Christmas Festi
SUMMARY: This new selection of Dickens's Christmas writings confirms his lasting influence upon our idea of the Christmas spirit: that Christmas is a time for celebration, charity, and memory. In addition to the beloved A Christmas Carol, this volume includes such festive works as "Christmas Festivi