The Christmas Tree Murders
$35.73
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
5 December 2026
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241826584 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241826586 |
| Author: | Katie Lumsden |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 5 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 138mm x 222mm |
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Critics Review
A fabulous book, I was immersed from the very first page. Katie Lumsden writes with wonderful style, confidence, and absolute control. The Christmas-Tree Murders is superb entertainment, a rich puzzle imbued with all the splendour of the Victorian Gothic – TOM MEAD, author of DEATH AND THE CONJUROR
Delightfully festive and irresistibly addictive, The Christmas Tree Murders is an essential addition to your Christmas list. Just brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! – JESSICA BULL
Full of atmosphere and fantastic characters. This is a proper Victorian murder mystery that kept me turning the pages to find out whodunnit. A perfect Christmas read. – LOUISE HARE
Uniquely voiced, and murderously charming, this thoroughly beguiling whodunnit should be under everyone’s Christmas tree this year. – LISA TIMONEY
This is the perfect read to curl up with on Christmas Day. I was completely immersed in the windswept, snowy surrounds of Clifftop House, captivated by the charming and wry omniscient narrator from the very first line, and thoroughly entertained by the eclectic cast of characters who have plenty of secrets between them. The chapters are expertly paced, and the attention to historical accuracy is (as fans of Lumsden have come to expect) impeccable. Katie has outdone herself with this clever, witty and warm mystery. I hope it goes flying off the shelves and winds up under Christmas trees up and down the country. – LEXY HUDSON
A deliciously entertaining murder mystery with a unique historical setting. I loved the feast of characters, especially the unstoppable Millie, and the very original narrator was a touch of genius – SARAH DUNNAKEY
– – PRAISE FOR KATIE LUMSDEN
Vivid, haunting, surprising – STACEY HALLS
A full-blooded gothic mystery with bite, great characterisation and heaps of atmosphere – EMMA STONEX
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
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 37,000 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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