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Secret Santa

Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series, Mystery Shorts 25

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 Bill Vokes has played Santa at the children's Christmas show for years. But with the show just hours away, he vanishes with no explanation. The whole village is baffled. Did something bad happen to loveable Bill, upstanding citizen, churchgoer, life and soul of the party and the holiday season? Jack and Sarah are on the case - and soon discover there are secrets about this Santa that no one could have imagined...

Cherringham is a serial novel à la Charles Dickens, with a new audio episode released every two weeks. Set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, the detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing duo: English web designer Sarah and American ex-cop Jack. Thrilling and deadly - but with a spot of tea - it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained episodes is a quick listen for the morning commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa.

For fans of Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple" series, Lilian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who" series, Caroline Graham's "Midsomer Murders", and the American TV series "Murder She Wrote", starring Angela Lansbury.

Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few. Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and - most recently - the successful crime fiction series Cherringham.

The narrator of the audiobook, Neil Dudgeon, has been in many British television programmes including the roles of "DCI John Barnaby" in "Midsomer Murders" and "Jim Riley" in "The Life of Riley". He is also known for his film roles in "The Nativity", "Sorted" and "Son of Rambow". In 2012, Dudgeon starred as "Norman Birkett" on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series written by Caroline and David Stafford.©2017 Bastei Lübbe (P)2017 Lübbe Audio Cosy Mystery Winter Christmas Fiction Village Crime Feel-Good Exciting Short Mystery Thrillers
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The story was alright, nothing ground breaking. I don't really think I'm the target audience for this one.

Not for me.

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Good, attention catching story. A perfect Christmas themed thriller for ppl on the go, travelling or who do not have a lot of time.......Me, I had to keep rewinding because I kept falling asleep on the beach, but didn't want to miss anything, lol.

Makes me curious to the other stories in the series.

Christmas Curiosity....

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Santa goes missing just before his big moment handing out gifts in Cherringham. But this Santa has a habit of vanishing - is this another of Santa Bill’s jokes, or something more sinister?

This was a very enjoyable audiobook with great narration- highly recommended.

What Happened to Santa?

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Do that I missed please good I sleep very ever who daer wright again your war

Dome

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I brought this audio book on Audible’s seal of the day, I wouldn’t have spent an entire credit on it due to the length. It was an enjoyable story which was easy to listen to and entertaining.

A delightful village story

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