Christmas Punch: A Matthew Paine Mystery

Lee Clark

Oct 2022 · Matthew Paine Mysteries Book 4 · Cypress River Media LLC

About this ebook

Everyone is dying to attend the Christmas gala—the event of the season—until one of the hosts turns up that way. Dead, that is.

When a doctor is urgently summoned, Matthew rushes to help. But he’s too late.

Was the man murdered?

Suspecting foul play, Matthew calls the homicide detective he’s befriended, who confirms that suspicion. The senior partner in the law firm hosting the event was killed, but why?

When Matthew signs on as a medical consultant to help with the investigation, is he targeted by the assassin or are some “accidents” merely that? Is his life in danger?

One arrogant suspect undoubtedly had a beef with the senior partner, though he won't disclose what it was. Another harbors an unrequited love for the wife of the murdered man, over thirty years later. Are either of them guilty of killing him?

You’ll love Christmas Punch – the festive fourth book in Lee Clark’s Matthew Paine Mystery series – because everyone enjoys a classic southern holiday whodunit mystery.

Ratings and reviews

Murder She Writes I know this is a take on Agatha Chtistie's books but quite appropriate here, I think.Lee did a good job bringing the reader right into the story and once in I couldn't leave until I found out who 'dunnit'.I was surprised with the ending...didn't expect it at all. She did a a lot of research on all the professions described which made everything very real. I was a bit perplexed by some sentences but then as I read further on they were explained. Some descriptive passages were extra lengthy, I thought, but maybe it was just my attention span got stretched, I don't know, but otherwise a very suspenseful novel.

About the author

Lee Clark is a North Carolina native, originally from Raleigh, with family roots in Virginia. After working in the software technology industry in corporate America for over 20 years, creating and building highly technical user information for software developers, Clark decided it was time to pursue a true passion, finishing a fictional novel begun in 2014. Putting aside technical writing for fictional, Clark completed what was to become the first of the Matthew Paine Mystery series, Dead Spots, in 2021.     

An admitted chocoholic and coffeeholic, Lee Clark still resides in North Carolina with spouse, two mostly grown children who are in and out, and a small petting zoo of dogs and cats.     

Clark attended Campbell University, obtained a degree in Journalism from East Carolina University, and then a Master’s in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University.