Ring in the season with another Mrs. Jeffries tale of holiday
homicide.
Moments after a high tea is interrupted by a fire in the servants' hall,
art collector Daniel McCourt is found sprawled on the floor of his study
under a bundle of mistletoe, his throat slit by the bloody sword lying
next to his body. Could the killer be a disgruntled lover, sending a
message by murdering McCourt under the mistletoe? Could it be one of his
fellow collectors, pointedly using one of McCourt's own acquisitions to
kill him?
Inspector Witherspoon is determined to solve the case--preferably before
Christmas Eve--but of course he will need some assistance from the
always sharp-witted Mrs. Jeffries, who has her own theories on why
McCourt had to die by the sword...