His methods are unique, and his results cannot be argued. Readers will love his romanticism while staying impersonal and objective. Mordecai Tremaine is a very likable character with a penchant for romance stories. The characters in Murder for Christmas are well rounded with personalities and quirks that make the reader smile and frown. Leaving them with the feeling of having walked the streets and investigated an old mansion in the heart of England. His stories were well written, detailed, and allowed the reader to drift away to a different place and time. Underhill could weave a story that kept the reader guessing until the very end and provided a conclusion to the mystery that fulfilled all the reader’s needs. Although this book is not the fast pace style of a Christie novel, it nevertheless intrigues and entertains. Underhill was a prolific writer of murder mysteries and was of the same caliber as Agatha Christie.

Murder for Christmas was the first book in his Mordecai Tremaine Mystery Series. Series: Mordecai Tremaine Mystery – Book #1įrancis Duncan was the pseudonym for William Underhill, who was born in 1918 and died in 1988. With the snow falling and suspicions flying, it’s up to Mordecai to find the killer and prevent a murderer from getting away. The body of Father Christmas lays under the tree. At midnight, a scream rings out, and the guests discover that presents aren’t the only things nestled under the tree. Yet, as festive as it may seem there is tension between the guests and the host.īenedict loves to set a mood of an older time for his guests, including dressing up as Father Christmas and placing gifts on the tree. Soon he discovers that the holiday celebrations are in full swing in the sleepy village of Sherbroome.

Mordecai Tremaine arrives at the country estate of Benedict Grame on Christmas Eve.

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