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Murder Under the Mistletoe: A Canon Clement Christmas Novella
By (Author) Reverend Richard Coles
Orion Publishing Co
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
28th October 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Dogs as pets
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Comic (humorous) crime and mystery
Anglican and Episcopalian Churches
Paperback
208
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
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 killerTHE REVEREND RICHARD COLES is a writer, broadcaster and an Anglican priest. He co-presented Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 for a number of years and appears, from time to time, on QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie To You He has won Christmas MasterChef, Celebrity Mastermind twice, and captained Leeds to victory in Christmas University Challenge in 2019. A contestant on Strictly Come Dancing (2017) and a third place finalist on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2024) he exhibits huge bravery.
He writes regularly for the Sunday Times, and is the author of half a dozen books, including a bestselling autobiography, Fathomless Riches, and the bereavement bestseller The Madness of Grief, written after the death of his partner, David Coles. The first three books in the Canon Clement series have all been No.1 Sunday Times bestsellers.