A Christmas-time reunion in an English manor house...and a frightfully inconventient murder.

This debut mystery novel was chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best books of 2008. It has won the Agatha Award and been nominated for the 2009 Anthony and Macavity Awards (best debut novel) and the Left Coast Crime/Hawaii 5-0 Award (best police procedural). It is also an IPPY silver medalist in the mystery/suspense/thriller category.