The Dark and Stormy Elves settled in for a long winters tale and shared what they read.

The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries #2)
by P.J. Fitzsimmons
Published July 2022 by Indefensible Publishing

Anty Boisjoly tackles the strange case of a war hero who visits his old friends on Christmas morning — after being murdered on Christmas Eve.

In The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning, Wodehousian clubman, flaneur, idler and sleuth Anty Boisjoly pits his sardonic wits against another pair of impossible murders. This time, Anty Boisjoly’s Aunty Boisjoly is the only possible suspect when a murder victim stands his old friends a farewell drink at the local, hours after being murdered.


What Child is This? (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure #5)
by Bonnie MacBird
Published October 13th 2022 by Collins Crime Club

It’s the season of peace and goodwill, but a Victorian Christmas is no holiday for the world’s most popular detective in this new book from Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood.

It’s Christmas time in London, and Sherlock Holmes takes on two cases. The angelic three-year-old child of a wealthy couple is the target of a vicious kidnapper, and a country aristocrat worries that his handsome, favourite son has mysteriously vanished from his London pied à terre. Holmes and Watson, aided by the colourful Heffie O’Malley, slip slide in the ice to ensure a merry Christmas is had by nearly everybody .

Tune in next week for two more selections for your holiday reading pleasure.