Frank Grasby Mysteries 2 Books Collection Set By Denzil Meyrick (Murder at Holly)

The Christmas Stocking Murders [Hardcover]:

A case shrouded in secrets.Yorkshire, 1953. It's nearly Christmas, and Detective Frank Grasby and his boss, Juggers, are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley’s Bay. A fisherman has been found dead on the beach, with a stocking wound tight round his throat.A festive mystery for one and all.Hundreds of pairs of stockings, in neat cellophane bags, soon wash up on the shore. A blizzard cuts off Frank and Juggers from help, and the local innkeeper is murdered. Any remaining Christmas cheer goes up in smoke as the villagers refuse to talk, leaving the two detectives chasing false leads in the snow.A winter wonderland with no escape.To make matters worse, Frank can’t stop thinking about stockings.Why does everyone seem to be enjoying strangely high standards of hosiery, even beneath their oilskins?

A village of secrets.Yorkshire, 1952. Christmas is fast approaching when a dead stranger is found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the snow-covered village of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer? A mystery that can’t be solved.Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. But as is often the way for him, things don’t go according to plan.A Christmas to remember.When the local doctor’s husband is murdered, Grasby begins to realize that everyone in Elderby is hiding something.And if he can’t uncover the truth soon, the whole country will pay a dreadful price...

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