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Secret Santa

Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series, Mystery Shorts 25

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By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
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 Bill Vokes has played Santa at the children's Christmas show for years. But with the show just hours away, he vanishes with no explanation. The whole village is baffled. Did something bad happen to loveable Bill, upstanding citizen, churchgoer, life and soul of the party and the holiday season? Jack and Sarah are on the case - and soon discover there are secrets about this Santa that no one could have imagined...

Cherringham is a serial novel à la Charles Dickens, with a new audio episode released every two weeks. Set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, the detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing duo: English web designer Sarah and American ex-cop Jack. Thrilling and deadly - but with a spot of tea - it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained episodes is a quick listen for the morning commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa.

For fans of Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple" series, Lilian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who" series, Caroline Graham's "Midsomer Murders", and the American TV series "Murder She Wrote", starring Angela Lansbury.

Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few. Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and - most recently - the successful crime fiction series Cherringham.

The narrator of the audiobook, Neil Dudgeon, has been in many British television programmes including the roles of "DCI John Barnaby" in "Midsomer Murders" and "Jim Riley" in "The Life of Riley". He is also known for his film roles in "The Nativity", "Sorted" and "Son of Rambow". In 2012, Dudgeon starred as "Norman Birkett" on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series written by Caroline and David Stafford.©2017 Bastei Lübbe (P)2017 Lübbe Audio Cosy Mystery Christmas Winter Crime Village Fiction Exciting Suspense Short Mystery Thrillers
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I love this series what more needs to be said. Just a good light read

A good sound read

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It felt like revisiting old friends listening to Jack and Sarah’s latest mystery. Thoroughly enjoyed this and all the other books and can’t wait for those last few stories to be released in English.

When will there be more?

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A friend put me onto this series which I am thoroughly enjoying. I have more books in my wish list to follow-up.
Loving the mystery!

"A good light read"

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Cosy crime is a relatively new genre for me but I am finding it refreshing after more intense crime novels. Although lThis is a well written story but, as always, the narrator is what held my interest and made the experience 5 star

Light but entertaining

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I am a avid audible listener. I simply will not be able to listen to this book because of the narration. It is forced, annoying & over the top.

In future the narration should be tested with listeners.

What a shame

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