Author: Karen Harper
Year: 2003
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Popularity: 1.2
Genres/categories: Mystery
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 Elizabethan England comes alive in all its pomp and pageantry, deadly intrigue and scandal-and fine feasting-in Karen Harper's acclaimed mystery series featuring the young queen, Elizabeth Tudor, as amateur sleuth. An old English Yule has never been merrier or more mysterious. A New Year's celebration has never looked more joyous but been so potentially deadly. Fearing the Twelve Days of Christmas of 1564 may be the last for her ailing, elderly friend, Lady Kat Ashley, Queen Elizabeth decrees a nostalgic, old-fashioned holiday. Delicious dishes for the table, holly and ivy, caroling, wassailing, mumming, and a Lord of Misrule to oversee it all are in the recipe for the revels. But one of the queen's kitchen staff is found as dead as the ornate peacock he was preparing for the feast. As more murders threaten customs, kingdom, and Christmas, Elizabeth and her diverse band of Privy Plot Counselors try desperately to solve the increasingly bizarre crimes. When the Thames freezes over and Londoners take to the ice for an elaborate Frost Fair. Elizabeth of England must outfox the diabolical demon who would kill not only the spirit of Christmas but the queen.
This book is part of the "Elizabeth I" series. Here are some other books from this series:  The Fatal FashioneFirst published 2005 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.1/10 |
 The Lady ElizabethFirst published 2008 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.4/10 |
 The Thorne MazeFirst published 2003 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10 |
 The Tidal PooleFirst published 2000 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.3/10 |
 The Queene's CureFirst published 2002 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10 |
 The Poyson GardenFirst published 1999 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.4/10 |
 The Fyre MirrorFirst published 2005 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10 |
 The Hooded HawkeRank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.2/10 |
 The Marriage GameFirst published 2014 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.6/10 |
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