![]() ![]() One by one, infidelity, theft, and intrigue are exposed. No one is above suspicion-not Sebastian John, Father Tom’s deeply reserved verger, nor Mitsuko Drewe, a local artist, nor irritable Colonel Northmore, survivor of a World War II prison camp. He also comes to a disturbing conclusion: Sybella’s killer must be one of his parishioners. But did Sybella’s apparent affinity for Goth and the black arts, and her rumored drug use, attract a shady element that led to her distressing demise?įather Tom Christmas, still haunted by the tragedy that has left him a widower and his nine-year-old daughter motherless, soon realizes that this idyllic village is not the refuge he’d hoped for. That she was too young to die, everyone agrees. But inside the empty village hall, the huge Japanese o-daiko drum that’s featured in the festivities has been viciously sliced open-and curled up inside is the bludgeoned body of Sybella Parry, the beautiful nineteen-year-old daughter of the choir director. ![]() Thornford Regis has never been lovelier: larks on the wing, lilacs in bloom, and the May Fayre in full swing. ![]() ![]() Introducing Father Tom Christmas, the wise, warmhearted new vicar of a picturesque English village that seems to be a haven of peace. ![]()
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