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Away from a Manger: A Cozy Christmas Quick Read Introducing the Young Owen Irvine: A Natural Detective, Book 0

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Away from a Manger: A Cozy Christmas Quick Read Introducing the Young Owen Irvine: A Natural Detective, Book 0

Penned By J.J. Salkeld
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A quick read Christmas mystery introducing Owen Irvine, the Lake District shepherd-cum-detective hero of J J Salkeld's best-selling A Natural Detective series. Set in the mid-1980s, this entertaining short story concerns the theft of the baby Jesus himself. All right, it's only a small wooden figure from the church's nativity scene, but as far as the vicar is concerned dark forces must surely be at play in the Kentmere valley... This cozy short story will be a must-read for existing Salkeld fans - not least because one of the most popular characters from The Lakeland Murders series has a starring role - and it's also a prequel to the Owen Irvine books. How was it that he ever even managed to join Cumbria Constabulary in the first place, in spite of his father's apparently implacable opposition?

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