In the deep midwinter... There's a murder to solve.

Christmas is coming and the snow is falling, but with the de Luce family finances in a parlous state, Colonel de Luce has been forced to rent out the family home to a film company.

For Flavia and her sisters it's as if all their belated Christmases have come at once – but filming is soon slowed by a series of nasty accidents and then brought to a halt as a heavy snowstorm cuts Buckshaw off from the outside world.

As they prepare to wait out the weather, they are stunned by a gruesomely dramatic murder – and suddenly Flavia, in the midst of designing an experiment to prove the existence of Father Christmas – has another, far deadlier mystery to solve.

An Orion paperback 2012

In March 2018 I've read the Finnish translation of this book, Filminauha kohtalon käsissä (https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14915720/). This copy I bought already a few months ago from the Reuse Centre in Itäkeskus for 0,50 €.

Two more Bradleys travelling to Porvoo tomorrow :) No hurry with reading or the mystery ;)

Thanks ;)

I've read this ages ago and loved it, like all the Flavia -stories!

This book will leave by mail to a fellow bookcrosser who has it on her wishlist :)

Happy Valentine's day!

Ps. If you want, I can send you the rest of the books as well ;)

Thanks a lot Delenna for granting my wish from 2018! :o Has it really been so long... I must continue exploring the interesting life of Flavia asap. Thanks a bunch for the awesome frog pearl card and the yummy chocolate from Porvoo!

P.S. I'll read the whole series eventually, so I'm a little tempted to take your kind offer... but I think I've already got a couple of later volumes...

It felt good to be back in Buckshaw with the extraordinary de Luce family. This time they weren't alone: a film company and nearly the whole village is there when a snow storm forces them to stay indoors. And in the meantime Flavia is building her own Santa trap...

Hyvää syntymäpäivää! Happy birthday!

Thanks! I've liked most books of this series and I'm a Christmas person, so this bodes well.