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Book SynopsisAfter a horrific murder, a sleuthing English teacher will need a Christmas miracle to prove a condemned man innocent. Colourful 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 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 community commit such a grisly deed? Sweet Haven is made up of military families, so no one wants to investigate a war hero. 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 echoes a horrific Yuletide memory from Winter's youth, and he knows the case is even darker than it seems. If he can solve this small-town mystery, just maybe he can find peace from his inner demons too.
Reviews for When Christmas Comes '
When Christmas Comes is wonderful, gripping, a pure delight'
Dean Koontz 'This terrific holiday-themed novel will leave readers unsettled and hopeful at the same time'
Publishers WeeklyTrade ReviewAn exciting but tender, heartfelt crime novel about an English professor's attempt to clear a former Army Ranger of murder. It's fast-paced, haunting, with a central character you'll love * Dean Koontz, AARP The Magazine *
Andrew Klavan's
When Christmas Comes is a masterclass in mysteries of the melancholic kind * John Valeri, Criminal Element *
This terrific holiday-themed novel will leave readers unsettled and hopeful at the same time * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
Just the thing for one of those lengthening nights between Halloween and Christmas * Kirkus Reviews *
Andrew Klavan is the most original American novelist of crime and suspense since Cornell Woolrich -- Stephen King
