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What Child Is This?

By: Alice K. Boatwright
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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Summary

It's Christmas in the Cotswold village of Little Beecham...a season to celebrate with caroling, mistletoe, and mince pies.

In this sequel to Under an English Heaven, newlywed American Ellie Kent is looking forward to her first English village Christmas, but a missing Oxford student and an abandoned baby soon draw her away from the fireside into danger.

When a body is discovered on Boxing Day, Ellie comes to believe all these events may be linked through a group of teenage girls who identify with Shakespeare's tragic Ophelia. The police scoff at her theory, so Ellie pursues her own investigation to identify their secret Hamlet, who may be a killer.

Don't miss the first Ellie Kent mystery - the 2016 winner of the Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize for best mystery. In Under an English Heaven, life brings the skeptical American Ellie Kent to a village in the Cotswolds as the vicar's new wife, but death keeps her guessing how long she'll be there.

©2017 Alice K. Boatwright (P)2018 Audible, Inc. Detective Genre Fiction Holidays Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Village Winter Christmas
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Critic reviews

"Not only is Alice Boatwright a good detective writer, but a first-class storyteller as well. A great find." (M. C. Beaton, author of the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mysteries)

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This was a free read and I expected a cosy crime. Not at all. There's a likeable heroine, a well drawn cast and an engrossing few mysteries to solve. The narration is a joy and I would put this series up near the likes of Rendell and Hill. Brilliant genre fiction.

Clever superbly narrated mystery

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Lovely characterisation of Ellie Kent and her friends and neighbours. excellent reading performance . A real page turner

Gripping detective story amid rural village life

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I loved this book. Well written and so well narrated. Couldn’t stop listening. Made you feel you were part of the village… this is the second book I’ve had hope there’s more.

Vicars wife outsmarts the Police

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Easy listening with wholesome characters in a wonderful setting. There are lots of clues to keep us guessing. Keep them coming!!

Loved it!

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Not short of drama or heart ache or mystery but also full of hope. Including the literature angle seems very easy fitting into it and gives it all a bit of a twist from other mysteries. Looking forward to more of the series.

A very pleasant experience

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