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C.C. Benison


C. C. BENISON worked as a reporter and feature writer for the Winnipeg Free Press in the 1980s. As an independent writer, he has contributed to numerous magazines, newspapers, and corporate communications. Currently associate editor of Canada's History magazine, he also writes award-winning mystery novels. He lives in Winnipeg, where he is at work on his next Father Christmas mystery. The author lives in Winninpeg, Manitoba.

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Eleven Pipers Piping
Written by C.C. Benison

Hardcover | 496 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-385-67015-9 (0-385-67015-X)

October 30, 2012 | $29.95

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Eleven Pipers Piping
Written by C.C. Benison

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385670159
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The annual Burns dinner at Thornford Regis is an occasion for bagpipes, haggis and scotch. It ends up an occasion for tragedy when Will Moir, one of the pipers, is found alone, in a tower, dead of an apparent heart attack. Father Tom Christmas, the vicar of the town, is privy...

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Eleven Pipers Piping
Written by C.C. Benison

eBook | 560 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-385-67016-6 (0-385-67016-8)

October 30, 2012 | $12.99

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Eleven Pipers Piping
Written by C.C. Benison

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385670166
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The annual Burns dinner at Thornford Regis is an occasion for bagpipes, haggis and scotch. It ends up an occasion for tragedy when Will Moir, one of the pipers, is found alone, in a tower, dead of an apparent heart attack. Father Tom Christmas, the vicar of the town, is privy...

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Eleven Pipers Piping
Written by C.C. Benison
Read by Steve West and Jean Gilpin

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-307-94382-8 (0-307-94382-8)

October 30, 2012 | $28.00

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Eleven Pipers Piping
Written by C.C. Benison, Read by Steve West and Jean Gilpin

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307943828
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The welcome return of C. C. Benison’s delectable series featuring Father Tom Christmas—“an irresistible addition to the ranks of clerical sleuths” (Julia Spencer-Fleming)
 
Father Tom Christmas, the recently widowed vicar adjusting to life in the English village of Thornford Regis, would do almost anything to avoid attending the annual Robert Burns Supper...

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Twelve Drummers Drumming
Written by C.C. Benison
Read by Steve West and Jean Gilpin

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-307-94379-8 (0-307-94379-8)

October 25, 2011 | $25.50

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Twelve Drummers Drumming
Written by C.C. Benison, Read by Steve West and Jean Gilpin

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307943798
Our Price: $25.50


Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. The Reverend Tom "Father" Christmas, the newest vicar of Thornford Regis, an idyllic rural town in England, turns detective when one of his parishioners turns up dead in a drum, and everyone in town...

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Twelve Drummers Drumming
Written by C.C. Benison

Hardcover | 384 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-385-67013-5 (0-385-67013-3)

October 25, 2011 | $25.00

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Twelve Drummers Drumming
Written by C.C. Benison

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385670135
Our Price: $25.00
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Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. The Reverend Tom "Father" Christmas, the newest vicar of Thornford Regis, an idyllic rural town in England, turns detective when one of his parishioners turns up dead in a drum, and everyone in town...

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Twelve Drummers Drumming
Written by C.C. Benison

eBook | pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-385-67014-2 (0-385-67014-1)

October 25, 2011 | $12.99

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Twelve Drummers Drumming
Written by C.C. Benison

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385670142
Our Price: $12.99


Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. The Reverend Tom "Father" Christmas, the newest vicar of Thornford Regis, an idyllic rural town in England, turns detective when one of his parishioners turns up dead in a drum, and everyone in town...

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Death at Windsor Castle
Written by C.C. Benison

Paperback | 400 pages | Crimeline | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-553-57478-4 (0-553-57478-7)

December 1, 1998 | $10.99

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Death at Windsor Castle
Written by C.C. Benison

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553574784
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Housemaid Jane Bee's summer duties run to dusting the props for a week of pageantry at Windsor Castle, the Queen's favorite haunt. But the Investiture of the new Knights of the Garter ends up combining pomp with a extremely unpleasant circumstance... Mild-mannered art curator Roger Pettibon is found dead, a ceremonial...


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Death at Sandringham House
Written by C.C. Benison

Paperback | 384 pages | Crimeline | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-553-57477-7 (0-553-57477-9)

December 1, 1996 | $9.99

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Death at Sandringham House
Written by C.C. Benison

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553574777
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Death at Buckingham Palace
Written by C.C. Benison

Paperback | 288 pages | Crimeline | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
978-0-553-57476-0 (0-553-57476-0)

March 1, 1996 | $10.99

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Death at Buckingham Palace
Written by C.C. Benison

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553574760
Our Price: $10.99
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