The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall, Benedict Brown
The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall, Benedict Brown
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The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall
A 1920s Mystery

Author: Benedict Brown

Narrator: George Blagden

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/05/2023


Synopsis

 Eight strangers are trapped in a deserted manor house as the snow falls, the body count rises and the Christmas tree still needs decorating. England, 1925. When Lord Edgington receives an invitation to spend the Christmas holiday with an old colleague from the police, he expects fine food, good conversation and the warmth of a roaring fire. But on arriving at Mistletoe Hall with his family, they discover the house deserted and no explanation for where their host or his servants could be. As more guests appear, the master detective begins to question what could connect the disparate group of newcomers. A teacher, a comedian, a thief, a sportsman, a singer, a policeman and a racing driver will all have their roles to play when a killer crashes the party. Cut off from the outside world by the worsening weather, and with bodies piling up, Lord Edgington must rely on his wits, his years of experience, and the help of his bumbling grandson Christopher in order to solve The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall.

With hints of “And Then There Were None” and “The Sittaford Mystery”, the fourth Lord Edgington Investigates… novel is a spoiler-free, standalone whodunit with a wicked resolution all of its own. Filled with warmth, humour, a fiendishly twisting plot, an adorable canine sidekick and plenty of Yuletide spirit, “The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall” is an Agatha-Christie-style Christmas cracker that will baffle and charm you in equal measure. Narrated by George Blagden from the TV shows Vikings and Versailles and the Oscar-winning film Les Miserables.

About Benedict Brown

I’m a Welsh-Irish-Englishman originally from South London but now living in Burgos, a beautiful city in the north of Spain, with my French-Spanish wife and our young daughter. Writing has always been my passion. It was my favourite half-an-hour a week at primary school, and I started on my first, truly abysmal book as a teenager. So it wasn’t a difficult decision to study literature at university which led to an MA in Creative Writing. I grew up in a crime-fiction-mad family and had made a few clumsy attempts at writing one over the years before coming up with the idea for my contemporary whodunits "The Izzy Palmer Mysteries". My second series, the 1920s-set "Lord Edgington Investigates...", has been a great success, with each of the books becoming a bestseller. If you'd like to tell me what you think about my detectives, my writing or the world at large, I’d love to hear from you, so feel free to get in touch at www.benedictbrown.net where you can also download my free mystery novellas and join my readers' club.

About George Blagden

George Blagden is a British actor best known for his lead roles in the TV shows Versailles and Vikings and his part in the Oscar-winning musical Les Misérables.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chautona on March 19, 2023

First... the immersion into Christmas alone makes this one of the best Christmas murder mysteries I've ever read. While Christmas romances tend to take the Christmas element seriously and really fill the story with the festivities, mysteries often just use the season as a backdrop with lip service t......more

Goodreads review by Tiziana on December 05, 2023

This book is part of a series ( Lord Edgington Investigates and this is installment #4) but was written by the author as a standalone and I was happy with the choice of the "English mysteries" group because I love "whodunits" set at Christmas. The writer has a smooth and funny writing style and I lov......more

Goodreads review by Mystery, She Read on January 11, 2025

3.25 🌟 Mood/Seasonal Reading: Christmas I think maybe I needed to read the others in the series first to properly appreciate this one. That being said… while this one didn’t blow me away I did really enjoy the grandfather-grandson dynamic. I will try and pick up another in this series.......more

Goodreads review by Stacy on November 27, 2024

All the Christmas vibes in a locked room/English manor who done it!......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on December 26, 2023

If one likes "locked room" mysteries, here's a Christmas-themed one for you. Christopher is home for Christmas from the term at his boarding school. His grandfather, police superintendent Lord Edgerton, has allowed Christopher to help him on various criminal cases before (This is book #4 in the seri......more