TY - BOOK AU - Tope,Rebecca TI - A Cotswold Christmas mystery T2 - The Cotswold mysteries SN - 9780749026325 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Allison & Busby Limited KW - Osborne, Thea KW - Missing persons KW - Fiction KW - Cotswold Hills (England) KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft KW - Christmas fiction N2 - "It's Christmas, and things are looking good at the Slocombe house. Thea's daughter Jessica has come to stay, much to her stepdaughter Stephanie's delight. But then things take a turn for the worse. A local family, the Frowses, find themselves increasingly harassed by an aggressive landlord. When Beverley Frowse goes missing, Thea and Stephanie both feel they should do their best to help her husband and son to solve the mystery. Christmas Day arrives. There are presents, a turkey, and general goodwill, despite Thea's suppressed hankering to be involved in events at the Frowses' house, where a dead man has been discovered..." -- ER -