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The Christmas Tree Murders
Katie Lumsden
  • Published: 5 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405997348
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $28.00

The Christmas Tree Murders

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A Christmas party. Two dead bodies. A mystery no one can solve. A festive Victorian murder mystery for fans of Denzil Meyrick and Nicola Upson

December 1883. Inventor and millionaire Sir Russell Morgan has invited his friends and investors to celebrate Christmas at Clifftop House. But when a footman is found dead – electrocuted – on the very first night of the party, festivities are thrown to the wind. The police dismiss Fred’s death as an accident, but his friend Millie, the kitchenmaid, is not so sure.
Who would have wanted to kill Fred? Did he know a secret about the Morgan family? Or about Sir Russell’s guests?
Christmas Day comes, and with it another dead body.
Can the killer be caught before they strike again?
  • Published: 5 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405997348
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $28.00
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About the author

Katie Lumsden

Katie Lumsden read Jane Eyre at the age of thirteen and never looked back. She spent her teenage years devouring nineteenth century literature, reading every Dickens, Brontë, Gaskell, Austen and Hardy novel she could find. She has a degree in English literature and history from the University of Durham and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the London Short Story Prize and the Bridport Prize, and have been published in various literary magazines. Katie's YouTube channel, Books and Things, has more than 28,000 subscribers. She lives in London and works as an editor. Katie's debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Her second novel, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, is a love letter to Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell.
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Praise for The Christmas Tree Murders

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PRAISE FOR KATIE LUMSDEN

Vivid, haunting, surprising

STACEY HALLS

A full-blooded gothic mystery with bite, great characterisation and heaps of atmosphere

EMMA STONEX

This book delivers HUGE Jane Eyre vibes, gothic and mysterious Victoriana. I LOVED it

SOPHIE IRWIN

A suspenseful and beautifully crafted novel filled with atmosphere, rich characters and plenty of layers to keep a reader hooked right to the end

SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN

An intriguing delight, with scandal, gossip and romance, and a cast of characters Jane Austen would be proud of

ESSIE FOX

A brilliantly creepy and utterly compelling read

CAROLINE LEA

Dark, twisty, gothic and full of surprises ... a deliciously atmospheric page-turner

LIZ HYDER