When Christmas Comes

Written by Andrew Klavan

Narrated by Adam Barr

After a confession of murder, a sleuthing English teacher will need a Christmas miracle to prove a condemned man innocent.

Colorful Christmas lights dapple the family homes in the idyllic lakeside town of Sweet Haven when Jennifer Dean, a young librarian at the local elementary school, is brutally murdered. There are witnesses and her boyfriend Travis Blake confesses to the crime . . . but something doesn't quite add up. Blake is a third generation Army Ranger, awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in Afghanistan-how could a beloved son of this tight-knit burgh commit such a grisly deed?

As a community of military families a few miles down the road from an Army base, no one in Sweet Haven wants to investigate a war hero like Blake, not even the top brass at the police department. In steps Cameron Winter, a rugged and lonesome English professor haunted by the ghosts of his own Christmas past, whose former lover asks him to prove Blake innocent. The Sweet Haven murder reverberates in his mind, echoing a horrific yuletide memory from his youth, and Winter knows there are darker powers at play here than a simple domestic dispute. If he can solve this small-town mystery, just maybe he can find peace from his inner demons as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Highbridge Company
• Release date: Oct 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781696604604

Andrew Klavan

Andrew Klavan is an award-winning writer, screenwriter, and media commentator. An internationally bestselling novelist and two-time Edgar Award-winner, Klavan is also a contributing editor to City Journal, the magazine of the Manhattan Institute, and the host of a popular podcast on DailyWire.com, The Andrew Klavan Show. His essays and op-eds on politics, religion, movies, and literature have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, and elsewhere.

Reviews for When Christmas Comes

[Nathan Godwin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book! I thought I knew how it was going to end halfway through, but turns out I didn't. Very satisfying book.

[Colton Harding · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Phenomenal! Best book I’ve read of his so far. Short and entertaining with a great surprise.

[Richard Koon · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another in the long line of Klavan originals.

Interesting, well crafted characters, great plot with his twisting surprise ending.

I look forward to Winter’s next adventure.

[Michael Melitz · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Andrew Klavan never disappoints and once again he’s written another great book that seems to draw you into it as if you’re there. Great book!

[Tim Newton · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautifully written, great storytelling. I hope Andrew Klavan writes more with this lead character. There’s a lot of depth to him that I would love to read more of.

[GILBERT MICHELINI · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I listened to this after watching Klaven on the Daily Wire. This is not my genre of choice so it is hard to compare to other crime book. The twist at the end was good but I am not excited enough about this one to read others in the series.

[Matt Hotradat · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wonderfully suspenseful and beautifully written, Andrew Klavan never disappoints with his novels!

[Kaitlyn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fantastic. Can't wait for more in this series. I will make sure I don't miss them.

[shmuel · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very good. Absorbing and evocative. Very visual to a remarkable degree. Complex but not complicated. Not an Agatha Christie whodunit; I more or less guessed from nearly the beginning but satisfying even so.