Ho-Ho Homicide
Series: Benbow and Wingate
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When Birdy Benton turns up dead under the Camden-sur-Mer Christmas tree, members of the posh California retirement community are shocked by this unexpected holiday event. Despite their sadness, resident sleuths Angela and Caledonia see it as a golden opportunity to help their old friend Lieutenant Martinez...
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It's quite a Christmas for Benbow and Wingate when an unwelcome surprise is found under the tree at their luxury retirement home: a dead body.
A dead body is found under the Christmas tree at a luxury California retirement home. And everyone's a suspect...
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When Birdy Benton turns up dead under the Camden-sur-Mer Christmas tree, members of the posh California retirement community are shocked by this unexpected holiday event. Despite their sadness, resident sleuths Angela and Caledonia see it as a golden opportunity to help their old friend Lieutenant Martinez investigate.
How could poor Birdy have been murdered in plain view of the lobby receptionist? Did someone really steal her jewellery? Is the dead woman's pompous nephew as well-off as he appears? Fortified with Camden's superb cuisine and many sips of sherry, the doughty ladies forge fearlessly ahead, throwing themselves into dire peril to learn the strange truth of Birdy's sad demise. And an even stranger final twist makes it quite a Christmas...
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781788424899
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Farrago
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Corinne Holt Sawyer is the author of the bestselling Benbow and Wingate mystery series. Born in 1924, she gained a BA in 1945 and PhD in 1954. For many years she worked in radio and television, serving as director of broadcasting at WNCT-TV in North Carolina. She also taught English at Clemson University.
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