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The Christmas Killer: The debut thriller in a gripping new British detective crime fiction series (DI James Walker series, Book 1)

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The author creates a good atmosphere and you can feel the tension with the poor weather, the murders and the lead up to Christmas. Insert the three tapes into the fingerprint scanner. Tap on the computer screen. There are three balls on it — gold, silver, and copper. Look at the periodic table and find those three elements. Then enter their elemental symbols into the PC – Au, Ag, Cu, or AUAGCU. Head to the table and obtain the Purple File Folder. Open the room to the left side and go through it to reach the kitchen.

The lights will turn on. Trace the symbols of the note inside the gramophone to get four numbers: 1574 When a notorious London thug is released from prison and makes it known that he has his sights set on Detective Inspector James Walker, James and his wife Annie decide it is the perfect time to make the move to the quiet town where Annie grew up. But when townsfolk start turning up murdered and James begins receiving cryptic Christmas cards from the killer, he realises his departure from London hasn’t gone unnoticed. James and Annie leave London and a particularly vicious gangster to live in Cumbria, in Annie's old family home. James find the change of pace far too slow. Until a missing spree begins. Christmas cards are sent, in them they claim that twice murders will take place in the twelve days before Christmas. Can Jane's stop the culprit amidst the difficult conditions, the village cut off due to snow and reinforcements unable to assist..... However an unexpected and gruesome gift left on his doorstep is the start of a series of murders. The note says to expect twelve victims... can D.I. Walker discover the killer in time? I had a guess as to who could be the killer and I was glad when I found out that my guess was right. There were instances when the investigation would slow down and some clues overlooked, but that didn't affect my reading experience. In terms of the main characters, I found Annie a bit annoying but DI James is a very likable detective and I would definitely look forward to read more of him.First make sure you have added the contents of your measuring cup to the glass. (I think it’s salt) Go upstairs to discover a new room, collect the Telescope Lens from the table and a Telescope Body from the drawer above the rug. Sometimes there was a little too much description of the investigation and “police talk” that was repetitive

Gripping and utterly entertaining, this is a mystery that is very well crafted, like an artfully decorated gingerbread house. I really enjoyed this story and meeting James and Annie. Its always fun to get to know new characters that will become friends during the series. To all intents and purposes Kirkby Abbey is a rural idyll with a population of barely seven hundred. However it is a village slowly dying thanks to the threat of closure facing both the local primary school headed by Lorna Manning and the local church presided over by Father Silver. As the place where Annie, a primary school teacher grew up, she is already familiar with a few faces. Good friend Janet Dyer is a resident, alongside Charlie Jenkins, landlord of The White Hart pub and giver of Annie’s first ever kiss. Like any small village it would seem to be a hotbed of gossip and barely kept secrets, providing James and his team with a few avenues to explore as they begin their murder investigation. With extremely bad weather forecast and the possibility of being cut off from the outside world James is keen to apprehend the killer before he/she strikes again.

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Detective Inspector James Walker and his wife Annie have fled to the safety of a Cumbrian village after the threat of vengeance from a London crime boss. In this seemingly quiet, picturesque village of Annie's childhood, with friendly pubs and carols on the Green, past resentments simmer, love affairs are carried out in not-so secret and your darkest deeds and crimes are known to all. A blizzard descends and the bodies start being found whilst his help is reduced due to the blizzard.

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