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Overview

Christmas in the English countryside — what could be more charming? Not even a blizzard can keep Rex Graves away from Swanmere Manor, a historic hotel in East Sussex. But instead of Christmas cheer, the red-haired Scottish barrister finds a dead guest. Was it a stroke that killed old Mr. Lawry? Or an almond tart laced with poison?

When more guests die, all hopes for a jolly holiday are dashed. Worst of all, the remote mansion is buried under beastly snow. No one can leave. Confined with a killer, no one can enjoy their tea without suspicion and scrutiny. Rex takes it upon himself to solve the mystery, but the most intriguing evidence — a burnt biography of President George W. Bush — offers few clues. Could the killer be the sherry-swilling handyman? The gay antiques dealer with a biting wit? The quarreling newlyweds? Surely, it's not Helen D'arcy, the lovely lass Rex seems to be falling for . . .

Each volume in the new Rex Graves Mystery series will feature a unique, exotic setting and diverse characters from around the globe.

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Shades of Agatha Christie. A disparate group of guests snowed in at an English hotel await Christmas and death. Rex Graves, QC, makes the trip from Scotland to Swanmere Manor just in time to turn sleuth. The proprietress, Mrs. Smithings, a widow who recently lost a son in Iraq, is an old friend of his mother's. But Rex's fond memories of childhood visits are about to be polluted by a series of murders. Soon after his arrival, he is taken aside by honeymooning EMT Charley Perkins, who confides his suspicions that what caused old Mr. Lawdry's death was not a heart attack but poison in his almond tart. The next to die is unpopular New York literary agent Miriam Greenbaum, whose edited biography of George W. Bush has been delayed by a fall down the stairs that was obviously helped along. Rex is attracted to Helen d'Arcy, but when her friend Wanda Martyr falls victim to the killer, he has to add Helen to his necessarily small list of suspects. Nothing daunted, he uses his prosecutorial expertise to work his way through method and motive until he announces the murderer in a denouement in the classic style. Challinor's debut is a pleasant modern knockoff of Christie. It remains to be seen whether Rex's skills are the equal of Poirot's or Miss Marple's.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780738713595
  • Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
  • Publication date: 9/1/2008
  • Pages: 216
  • Sales rank: 143,126
  • Series: Rex Graves Series , #1

Meet the Author

C.S. Challinor (Florida) was educated in England and Scotland, and has traveled extensively. Her short stories have been published in women’s magazines in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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  • Posted March 9, 2009

    PERFECT CHRISTMAS MYSTERY

    This is one of the best mysteries I read in 2008.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 29, 2012

    Recommended for cozy mystery lovers

    I want my reading to be fun, and this cozy mystery, set in a snowbound English inn, was an enjoyable book. The characters are interesting, and diverse,and mostly fleshed out well enough to seem real. I must admit though, that the physical description of the hero, Rex Graves, does make me wonder what makes him so immediately attractive to the women. Maybe the next book in the series will make this clearer to me. (Yes, I will be reading more by this author.)

    I was pretty certain early on that I knew who the murderer was, but I was only partly right. The ending had a twist that I was not expecting.

    If you like your mysteries to be entertaining, have likeable characters, and not have a lot of grizzly details about the crimes, this book would be a good choice for you.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 30, 2012

    Good story

    A good story and Rex is a great character

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 15, 2012

    Modern-day Agatha Christie

    Starred review from Booklist

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