Madame Pompette Plays the Part
(2026)(The ninth book in the Madame Pompette's Tea Shop series)
A novel by Libby Castle
He's behind you… and this time, it's murder.
Winter has blanketed Saint-Luke's-Upon-the-Water in snow, and Charlotte Pompette, ex-circus fortune teller turned tea shop owner, is dreaming of nothing grander than mince pies by the fire, Tarot and Delphi curled at her feet, and a steady stream of customers seeking shelter from the cold.
Until a travelling theatre troupe arrives to stage the village Christmas pantomime, that is.
When one of the players is found dead in the middle of a snow-covered field, without a single footprint leading to or from the body, festive cheer curdles into something colder. It should be impossible. And yet there he lies.
As the cast close ranks and the village's Christmas spirit hangs in the balance, Charlie must look past the greasepaint and the glitter to work out who among the troupe is playing the deadliest role of all. Because everyone on this stage is hiding something, and one of them is hiding murder.
With the snow still falling and the killer still treading the boards, can Charlie unmask someone who's mastered the perfect disappearing act?
Charming, witty, and devilishly twisty, Madame Pompette's Tea Shop returns with another cozy mystery adventure perfect for fans of Agatha Raisin and The Thursday Murder Club.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Winter has blanketed Saint-Luke's-Upon-the-Water in snow, and Charlotte Pompette, ex-circus fortune teller turned tea shop owner, is dreaming of nothing grander than mince pies by the fire, Tarot and Delphi curled at her feet, and a steady stream of customers seeking shelter from the cold.
Until a travelling theatre troupe arrives to stage the village Christmas pantomime, that is.
When one of the players is found dead in the middle of a snow-covered field, without a single footprint leading to or from the body, festive cheer curdles into something colder. It should be impossible. And yet there he lies.
As the cast close ranks and the village's Christmas spirit hangs in the balance, Charlie must look past the greasepaint and the glitter to work out who among the troupe is playing the deadliest role of all. Because everyone on this stage is hiding something, and one of them is hiding murder.
With the snow still falling and the killer still treading the boards, can Charlie unmask someone who's mastered the perfect disappearing act?
Charming, witty, and devilishly twisty, Madame Pompette's Tea Shop returns with another cozy mystery adventure perfect for fans of Agatha Raisin and The Thursday Murder Club.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Visitors also looked at these books