It’s another chuckle-packed yet gripping journey with Christine Capper, vlogger, radio agony aunt, and private eye.

Christmas comes but once a year, and all the omens are against an offer from Radio Haxford which compels her to think about her future, a two-day event for the radio team at Christmas Manor which involves the sheer dread of speaking before a live audience, and husband Dennis warning her that the worst weather for years is due to hit the moors around Haxford.

She crosses swords with one of the manor’s major investors, and also with the internationally known soprano booked to entertain the VIP guests, and it doesn’t take long for matters to deteriorate. A body is found, the manor is snowed in, the police can’t get there for at least another twelve hours, and DI Paddy Quinn asks Christine to make the initial inquiries.

Supported by friends from Radio Haxford, she battles resentment from the hotel owners, staff, and guests. She’s missing her family and can’t get home, feeling the pressure of her new calling, and she’s so relieved when the police finally arrive. But by then there are more bodies to explain.

It’s a strain she could do without as she tackles…