The Pottery's Christmas Murders
(2025)(The second book in the Tom Blake P.I. series)
A novel by J F Burgess
Christmas in Stoke-on-Trent turns deadly as heavy snow falls. A killer targets three victims, linked by forty-year-old sins: a poisoned pensioner with a hidden past; a charity worker, hung by Christmas lights; and a carer with a dark secret, tortured to death.
Private Detective Tom Blake and criminologist Martha Lennox hunt a killer who’s a literary executioner. The meticulously staged crimes blend Classic Agatha Christie mystery with the moral fury of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Sinister warning notes at each scene declare: ‘I am the Jacob Marley of Death, and there will be more victims.’
The police make a confident arrest, but Tom’s gut screams wrong. He and Martha must ask: Who is this man in custody, and what’s his connection to the conspiracy driving these horrific acts? They must unmask the real killer author before his grand finale strikes midnight on Christmas Eve.
A cosy night in meets a cold-blooded crime.This is not your standard holiday reading. Pour a festive tipple and brace yourself for a gripping, mystery that takes the framework of Agatha Christie's traditional whodunit and twists it into something sinister and new. The perfect companion for a winter’s night, this tale delivers suspense, intrigue, and a final reveal you absolutely won't see coming.
What Readers Are Saying:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Brilliant read. "Mark Fern Bookmark Facebook readers group
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Very well written, with great characters and twists. A page-turner that kept me reading and I was keen to see what happened: the ending was very unexpected, with a shocking twist!" Audrey Gibson - Goodreads
���⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A brilliant story with engaging characters; it flowed well and kept me wondering what happened all those years ago. Everything tied up nicely at the end with a very clever ending, I must say." James Facey
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I really couldn't put it down. This really is a 5* + book." Tom Blake Series Reader
Genre: Mystery
Private Detective Tom Blake and criminologist Martha Lennox hunt a killer who’s a literary executioner. The meticulously staged crimes blend Classic Agatha Christie mystery with the moral fury of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Sinister warning notes at each scene declare: ‘I am the Jacob Marley of Death, and there will be more victims.’
The police make a confident arrest, but Tom’s gut screams wrong. He and Martha must ask: Who is this man in custody, and what’s his connection to the conspiracy driving these horrific acts? They must unmask the real killer author before his grand finale strikes midnight on Christmas Eve.
A cosy night in meets a cold-blooded crime.This is not your standard holiday reading. Pour a festive tipple and brace yourself for a gripping, mystery that takes the framework of Agatha Christie's traditional whodunit and twists it into something sinister and new. The perfect companion for a winter’s night, this tale delivers suspense, intrigue, and a final reveal you absolutely won't see coming.
What Readers Are Saying:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Brilliant read. "Mark Fern Bookmark Facebook readers group
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Very well written, with great characters and twists. A page-turner that kept me reading and I was keen to see what happened: the ending was very unexpected, with a shocking twist!" Audrey Gibson - Goodreads
���⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A brilliant story with engaging characters; it flowed well and kept me wondering what happened all those years ago. Everything tied up nicely at the end with a very clever ending, I must say." James Facey
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I really couldn't put it down. This really is a 5* + book." Tom Blake Series Reader
Genre: Mystery
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