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Murder Goes Mumming

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The second mystery featuring Canadian mountie Madoc Rhys. Madoc has proposed to Janet, but before they can make wedding plans they are invited to spend Christmas in a snow-bound castle in northern Canada. They are in for an old-fashioned Yuletide holiday with all the trimmings.

Then the family's ailing matriarch dies during the festivities and the question on everyone's mind is, who will inherit? Quirky personalities abound, even an aging aunt who can see the Ghost Ship.

Another death follows, and it's up to Madoc to decide whether it was a tragic accident -- or murder most foul.

Alisa Craig is clearly a capable wordsmith, and this mystery/romance has its points of interest, but her ability to plot a murder mystery is questionable. The denouement is completely absurd and there is absolutely no way the reader could possibly guess at the solution: Madoc Rhys does all the figuring in his head (making some amazing leaps of "logic" in the process) and Craig doesn't see fit to let the reader in on any of it. Our favorite aspects of this book were the characters Ludovic, a most erudite butler (with a shady past), and the clairvoyant Aunt Adelaide. It's too bad that the rest of the book didn't live up to these nicely developed personalities.