Murder Under the Mistletoe: A Canon Clement Christmas Novella
Paperback Published on: 23/10/2025
Price: £9.99
Synopsis
It is Christmas Day and at Champton Rectory, Canon Daniel Clement and his mother Audrey are joined by the residents and guests of the big house to drink, eat and be merry.
At the festive feast, peace and goodwill prevail.
Until two meet under the mistletoe. One of them falls down dead. And Daniel suspects murder has returned to Champton...
Can Daniel and Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo solve the crime and catch the Christmas killer?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9781399621489
- Number of pages: 160
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 18 mm
- Weight: 150g
- Languages: English
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Merry Christmas at the champton rectory
Christmas arrives and Daniel's mother audrey ends up hosting the residents and guests of the big house. This is a fun little book, at 141 pages it is s qui... READ MORE
Where is the murder?.
That's the question I kept asking myself. 100 pages in and no murder had occurred, out of 150 page book!
I've enjoyed the previous novels, but not so mu... READ MORE
Read in one go
Loved it from start to finish and couldn’t put it down until I’d finished it.
"Small but perfectly formed"!
A stocking-filler book in the Canon Daniel Clement series and a very entertaining novella, which is set over Christmas. After a series of mishaps Daniel an... READ MORE
A charming escape for a couple of hours this holiday season
Murder Under the Mistletoe” by Rev. Richard Coles is a delightful short festive tale, blending humour and a clever murder mystery. A charming escape for a ... READ MORE
Couldn’t put it down!
Delightful Christmas read! This book contains all the best bits of a Christmas crime!
Excellent short story for Christmas.
Well this a great story to read over Christmas. The descriptions of the characters executed well and the build up to the unfortunate persons demise was we... READ MORE
RICHARD COLES - MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE
Enjoyable read. First time I read one of Richard Coles
books . Characters enjoyable and balance each other ou . I thought it was set in 1950s but surpri... READ MORE
Twists and Turns
Another excellent story in the Canon Daniel Clement series. It was good to catch up with the original characters and to meet some new ones , who were very ... READ MORE
Yo Ho Ho!
A delightful little book, that I managed to read in a couple of hours.
Knowing that The Reverend Richard Cole had written a number of books, I was pleased... READ MORE
Murder under the mistletoe
Yet again a very simple but lovable story based round traditional Christmas traditions encompassing a simple murder. A quick but enjoyable read.
Festive mystery with little to no mystery; a good short story idea stretched (too thin) into a novella?
Last year, the Reverend Richard Coles, who seems like a really lovely man (having seen him at festivals and events, etc), got all doubly trendy by adding t... READ MORE