Murder in the Manger
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Damian says he’s come to direct the village nativity play, but Sophie thinks he’s up to no good.
What are those noises coming from his van?
Who is the stranger lurking in the shadows?
And whose baby, abandoned in the manger, disappears in plain sight?
Enjoy the fun of a traditional Cotswold festive season, with echoes of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as Sophie seeks a happy ending for her latest village mystery – and for her new romance with charming local bookseller Hector Munro.
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About the author
I write warm, witty, feel-good contemporary fiction inspired by life in the English village where I live with my husband and teenage daughter.
My Sophie Sayers Village Mystery series begins with "Best Murder in Show" and, when complete, will run the course of a calendar year in the life of an idyllic English Cotswold village. The fifth in the series, "Springtime for Murder", is the most recent addition, and the sixth book, "Murder Your Darlings", will be out in the spring of 2020.
My Staffroom at St Bride's series is about the teachers at an English girls' boarding school. It's a mashup between romantic comedy, gentle mystery and nostalgia for classic children's school stories that so many of us were hooked on as young readers. "Secrets at St Bride's", the first in the series, was published in August 2019 and the sequel, "Stranger at St Bride's", is to follow in the summer of 2020.
I also have a new series of short novellas reads called "Tales from Wendlebury Barrow". The first of these, "The Natter of Knitters", was published in January 2020, and the next one, "The Clutch of Eggs", will be out in the summer.
If you'd like to know when I'm about to publish a new book, why not join my free email list? You'll find details on my author website: www.authordebbieyoung.com, and you'll be rewarded with a free short novella, "The Pride of Peacocks", which is a crossover between the Sophie Sayers and St Bride's novels.
I also write short stories. I have published three themed collections, "Marry in Haste", "Quick Change", and "Stocking Fillers", and non-fiction.
When I'm not writing, I do other bookish things, such as speaking at literary events, including the local one that I founded, the Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival, to CrimeFest, the leading international crime writing event.
I'm a regular panelist on BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Book Club and a frequent guest on other radio stations around the country.
I'm a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, the Society of Authors, and the Romantic Novelists Association, and an ambassador for the British children's reading charity Read for Good and for the Type 1 diabetes research charity JDRF.
I may be busy, but I am never too tired to curl up with a good book.