Murder At Midwinter
Published on 23. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-78730-432-1 (ISBN)
Description
Curl up with this cosy festive murder mystery.
It's the most wonderful time of the year... for murder. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Rev Richard Coles and other locked-room mysteries.
A SCHOOL REUNION... A CHRISTMAS PARTY TO DIE FOR.
December 1937. Daphne King is attending the twentieth anniversary reunion at her secondary school, Midwinter Academy, a weekend that will see resurrected rivalries and alliances amidst the Christmas festivities. But a string of peculiar incidents prompts Daphne to suspect that she and her friends are being sent messages - or threats - related to the disappearance of a classmate twenty years ago.
It was a mystery which clouded their final year at the school - and one which Daphne, as a budding eighteen-year-old sleuth, solved.
When, the morning after the reunion, one of Daphne's old school friends is found dead, Daphne finds herself in the role of investigator once more. Are the two cases linked? And has Daphne learned from the mistakes of her past?
Readers LOVE Ada's festive romps
'Reminds me of PG Wodehouse'
'Compelling and engaging'
'A modern rival to Agatha Christie'
'A festive favourite'
'Loved it'
It's the most wonderful time of the year... for murder. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Rev Richard Coles and other locked-room mysteries.
A SCHOOL REUNION... A CHRISTMAS PARTY TO DIE FOR.
December 1937. Daphne King is attending the twentieth anniversary reunion at her secondary school, Midwinter Academy, a weekend that will see resurrected rivalries and alliances amidst the Christmas festivities. But a string of peculiar incidents prompts Daphne to suspect that she and her friends are being sent messages - or threats - related to the disappearance of a classmate twenty years ago.
It was a mystery which clouded their final year at the school - and one which Daphne, as a budding eighteen-year-old sleuth, solved.
When, the morning after the reunion, one of Daphne's old school friends is found dead, Daphne finds herself in the role of investigator once more. Are the two cases linked? And has Daphne learned from the mistakes of her past?
Readers LOVE Ada's festive romps
'Reminds me of PG Wodehouse'
'Compelling and engaging'
'A modern rival to Agatha Christie'
'A festive favourite'
'Loved it'
Reviews / Votes
Theatrical festive escapism for fans of the golden age who like their crime set firmly in that time * The Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
206 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78730-432-1 (9781787304321)
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Ada Moncrieff
Murder At Midwinter
A cozy new Christmas crime novel from the author of Murder at Maybridge Castle
E-Book
10/2025
Vintage Digital
€8.99
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Person
Ada Moncrieff is the author of Murder Most Festive, Murder at the Theatre Royale and Murder at Maybridge Castle. She lives and works in London.