The Christmas Stocking Murders

Denzil Meyrick

It's just before Christmas, 1953. Grasby and Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley's Bay. A fisherman has been found dead on the beach, with a stocking wound tight round his throat. A festive mystery for one and all. Hundreds of pairs of stockings, in neat cellophane bags, soon wash up on the shore. A blizzard cuts off Grasby and Juggers from help, and the local innkeeper is murdered. Any remaining Christmas cheer goes up in smoke as the villagers refuse to talk, leaving the two detectives chasing false leads in the snow. A winter wonderland with no escape. To make matters worse, Grasby can't stop thinking about stockings. Why does everyone seem to be enjoying strangely high standards of hosiery, even beneath their oilskins? Who is the sinister bespectacled man snooping around their hotel?

Author(s): Meyrick, Denzil
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 06/11/2025
Pagination: 432 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Books
Published By: Penguin Books
Book Classification: Crime & mystery: police procedural|Historical mysteries|Comic (humorous) crime & mystery|Thriller / suspense fiction
Dimensions: 197x127x22
Weight: 258
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781804995075