Cover for CHRISTMAS IS MURDER
Featured Author at SOLDIERS' ANGELS
C.S. Challinor
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Author C.S. Challinor’s short stories have been published for years in United Kingdom and American women’s magazines, but September marks the debut of her first full-length novel. A mystery in the Agatha Christie style, CHRISTMAS IS MURDER features Scottish sleuth Rex Graves, who finds himself snowbound with his fellow guests in an isolated English hotel.
“I was going to start the series with what ultimately became the second novel (MURDER IN THE RAW), which takes place at an exclusive nudist resort in the French West Indies,” writes Challinor. “[But] my Scottish Presbyterian sleuth was appalled and insisted he needed to lose a few pounds first, and so we came up with CHRISTMAS IS MURDER to launch the series. I spent the latter part of my childhood in East Sussex , where this mystery is set, so it was an exercise in nostalgia and loads of fun to write.”
CHRISTMAS IS MURDER is already receiving rave reviews from a variety of critics who praise her as a mystery writer in the classic style. Rick Miller, host of ABC’s prime time hit series Just for Laughs opines, “CHRISTMAS IS MURDER is a most enjoyable first mystery in what promises to be a fantastic series.”
Though a world traveler educated in Scotland and England (where she majored in Latin and French), Challinor’s heart remains with America’s young service members. “The average age of wounded veterans is 23 years old,” she points out. “That's only a few years older than my own son.”
It was that recognition when Challinor first heard of Soldiers’ Angels that motivated her when she and her son “made a trip to K-Mart and filled a cart with everything from socks to magazines to make a hospital stay more comfortable for some of those young people,” she recalls. “Patti's gratitude when we sent the goods to her for dispatch was overwhelming.”
To purchase her exciting new book, see www.amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or your local bookstore (be sure to purchase a new copy so that Soldiers’ Angels receives a percentage).
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