Breaking the Mould

Written by Victoria Hamilton

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

In the new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of No Grater Danger, when the town's resident Scrooge is found dead, Jaymie says Bah humbug! to murder . . .

Now that Thanksgiving's behind her, vintage cookware enthusiast Jaymie Leighton MUller is excitedly making plans for the upcoming Dickens Days festival-the town's month-long celebration leading up to Christmas. With a hot cider booth on the village green to warm the hearts and bodies of the townsfolk and a diorama featuring a scene from A Christmas Carol, things are shaping up for a festive season-until the town's local Scrooge is found murdered, a vintage pudding mould covering his cracked skull.

Nearly everyone had a reason to dislike Evan Nezer-either for his bullying ways or his obnoxious arrogance-but with his body being found in Jaymie's diorama, she'll have to figure out who hated him enough to see him dead. With many suspects and even more secrets coming to the surface as she investigates, Jaymie feels buried by a blizzard of clues. But with Dickens Days on hold until the police can nab the killer, she's determined to catch the culprit so the ghost of Evan Nezer doesn't cast a pall over the whole Christmas season.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Mar 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781541485556

Victoria Hamilton

Victoria Hamilton is the pseudonym of nationally bestselling romance author Donna Lea Simpson.She now happily writes about vintage kitchen collecting, muffin baking, and dead bodies in the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries and Merry Muffin Mystery series. Besides writing about murder and mayhem, and blogging at Killer Characters, Victoria collects vintage kitchen wares and old cookbooks, as well as teapots and teacups.

Reviews for Breaking the Mould

[cyderry · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It's Christmas time in Queensland and Jaymie has been working on diorama of the Cratchit Christmas as a display for the Dickens Days festival. Arriving to finalize the display, Jaymie discovers the town Scrooge - Evan Nezer - dead.The mystery was fun and cleverly woven into the holiday preparations for the town and Jaymie's family. Such an enjoyable cozy.

[nlb1050 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another great book by Ms. Hamilton

[jetangen4571 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

amateur-sleuth, women-sleuths, cozy-mystery, Christmas The man was a self absorbed cheat who thought he was always right. He pontificated, ruined the lives of others, and plagiarized at every chance. That he got murdered was hardly a surprise, but having his body displayed in a diorama of the Cratchit kitchen when the town was on a deadline for the kickoff of A Dickens Christmas certainly was interesting. There were always plenty of potential suspects, but the number seemed to expand until the perpetrator was exposed by the town sleuth. This is my first foray into the series. I requested and received a free ebook copy from Beyond the Page via NetGalley