{"id":3291,"date":"2025-11-27T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T01:49:18","slug":"murder-at-holly-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3291","title":{"rendered":"Murder at Holly\u00a0House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Time for an ingeniously plotted festive murder mystery set on the 1950s Yorkshire Moors from the bestselling author of the D.C.I. Daley series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Plot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A village of secrets.
It\u2019s December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the snow-covered town of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer? Either way, he wasn\u2019t on anyone\u2019s Christmas wish-list.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mystery that can\u2019t be solved.
Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. But as is often the way for him, things don\u2019t go according to plan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Christmas to remember.
When the local doctor\u2019s husband is murdered, Grasby begins to realize that everyone in Elderby is hiding something \u2013 and if he can\u2019t uncover the truth soon, the whole country will pay a dreadful price\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick is available from Waterstones <\/a>, Amazon<\/a> and City Adventurers Solve The Murder<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Yaroslav Shuraev on Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Available from (affiliate links):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/tidd.ly\/3DIfyFs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/amzn.to\/424tSkZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/3668\/9781804992357<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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