C. S Challinor

"A winner... At times, it seems we are playing Clue or perhaps enjoying a contemporary retelling of a classic Agatha Christie tale with a charming new sleuth. A must for cozy fans." ~Booklist Starred Review Not even a blizzard can keep Rex Graves away from Swanmere Manor, an historic hotel on the rolling Sussex Downs. But instead of Christmas cheer, the Scottish barrister finds a dead guest. Was it a stroke that killed old Mr Lawdry? Or an almond...

After the death of a judge, barrister Rex Graves decides to investigate the suspicions of the judge's daughter that he was murdered, and after his encounter with a suspect leaves him drugged and beaten, Graves is more convinced than ever it was a homicide.

Scottish barrister Rex Graves will never understand why his son Campbell chose a college in Florida over bonnie Scotland. During his visit, a tragedy strikes the small campus when a student is found hanging from a rope in his locked dorm room. Did the poor lad commit suicide or was it murder? In between bonding with Campbell and coping with an unhinged ex-girlfriend who follows him across the Atlantic, Rex conducts his own investigation, uncovering...