The Crooked Angel

By Alice Webb

A village Christmas party is tainted with tragedy when a man falls to his death while trying to straighten the tall tree’s angel topper. But why did he care that it was crooked? What made him try to reach it without a ladder? And why did no one cancel the party? Thankfully, Alma Easter is on hand to explain what happened, right after she finishes some chocolate yule log.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alice Webb
• Release date: Nov 25, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463641408

Alice Webb

Alice Webb can be found writing mysteries, eating cake or doing both at the same time.

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The Crooked Angel

A Christmas Mystery

Alice Webb

Copyright © 2018 by Alice Webb

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Cover illustration © 2018 by Alice Webb

The Crooked Angel

The nativity angels were not wearing Christmas jumpers. That, Alma realised, was why the scene looked so plain. Beautiful, but plain. At home, her angels wore little orange jumpers and Gabriel sported a splendid orange-and-blue one (Gabriel was, after all, the head angel, so he got an extra colour). 

In fact, after learning of a friend’s ability to knit miniature jumpers, Alma had got one for almost every decoration she owned. The baubles had been a challenge to get dressed since they didn’t have any arms and the jumpers had to stretch a bit, but