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It's Christmas! A year since their last case, and Adam and Colin are called out of semi-retirement when Stonebridge legend and regular town Santa, Gerald Agnew, is found dead in the snow. The police believe his death to be a drunken accident, but evidence that our amateur detectives uncover points to something more sinister. When DI Whitelaw dismisses their claims, Adam and Colin must navigate drug dealers, deception, and department store Santas to get to the truth. Mistletoe and Crime is the fifth in the Stonebridge Mysteries series of cosy crime novellas. ABOUT THE SERIES: Stonebridge is a small town on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Most of its inhabitants are friendly, happy people. Most of them... Because bad things happen even in the happiest of places. It’s a good thing, then, that Adam Whyte and Colin McLaughlin call Stonebridge home. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of detective shows, a misplaced sense of confidence and a keen desire to see justice done, these two are the closest thing the town has to saviours. Which isn’t that reassuring...
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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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THE INTERVENING YEAR
So, it's been a year since The Case of the Missing Firefly. Colin and Adam have seemingly retired from the jobs they never really had. They haven't been in the wrong place at the right time to stumble upon a corpse or haven't been recruited by loved ones frustrated by the police's inaction, so they've been able to focus on things like Adam's business and relationship, Colin's job, and their ongoing PlayStation FIFA rivalry.
We're given a little nugget about part of the reason for their inactivity:
After a number of embarrassing blunders, there was an investigation into the Stonebridge police force, which resulted in them taking crimes in the town a bit more seriously. This meant that the kinds of miscarriages and oversights that Adam and he had looked into had reduced in number, rendering the amateur detective duo obsolete.
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MISTLETOE AND CRIME
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Series
4 primary booksThe Stonebridge Mysteries is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Chris McDonald and Chris McDonald.