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London, Christmas 1924 -- the season of goodwill, glittering soirées... and one very inconvenient corpse!
When the formidable Mrs. Agatha Penworthy collapses at the Mayfair Club's annual Christmas fête -- moments after biting into a mince pie -- polite society nearly chokes on its brandy butter. To everyone's dismay (and Scotland Yard's mild irritation), Lady Mildred Ramsay is on the guest list.
Armed with her nurse's composure, a notebook full of cryptic observations, and a knack for cutting through social nonsense, Mildred soon finds herself navigating a blizzard of motives. There's a nervous accountant with a missing ledger, a fiery French chef defending his kitchen's honour, an actress desperate for redemption, a politician with secrets in his pocket -- and a secretary who's far too serene for comfort.
As snow traps the guests inside the club, Mildred must outwit both a cunning killer and the genteel forces determined to keep unpleasant truths buried under a layer of festive respectability. Between Bea Mortimer's irrepressible gossip, a well-meaning baronet's misplaced affections, and Inspector Charles Kent's maddeningly dry professionalism, she'll need all her wits -- and her sense of humour -- to solve the case before Christmas morning.
Because at this party, the mince pies aren't the only things laced with danger...
Brimming with wit, suspense, and Yuletide glamour, The Mystery of the Christmas Mince Pies is a glittering festive whodunnit -- where London's high society gathers for charity, only for murder to gate-crash the celebration, and Lady Mildred Ramsay must sift through tinsel and treachery to find the truth.
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