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The Christmas Cake at Penberth Cove: Book 6 of The Cornish Clifftop Tea Room Mysteries
Paperback
Series: The Cornish Clifftop Tea Room Mysteries, Book 6
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 19 2026
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A snowbound clifftop manor. An eccentric silversmith's deadly secret. A locked-room murder on Christmas Eve...
Christmas has arrived in Penberth Cove under a glittering blanket of winter snow, and former London pastry chef Nora Pendelton Tregowan is celebrating her very first festive holiday season as a married woman with DCI Tristan Tregowan. Between managing the holiday rush at The Blue Bramble Tea Room, stoking her emerald Aga, and surviving Mrs. Higgins's Christmas choir rehearsals, Nora is thrilled to cater an opulent Christmas Eve charity ball at Polgrean Hall-an imposing Victorian granite estate perched high above the stormy Atlantic cliffs.
The party is hosted by retired London silversmith Sir Reginald Thorpe to unveil his masterwork: an exquisite 1888 singing nightingale automaton concealing a legendary family secret. But when a ferocious midwinter blizzard cuts off the estate and severs telephone lines, Sir Reginald is found poisoned behind the locked oak doors of his private library-his silver goblet laced with cyanide and the automaton's secret cylinder ransacked.
Trapped in the snowbound manor with a cunning killer among them, Tristan takes operational command of the stranded house party while Nora uses her sharp culinary and forensic eye to unravel a trail of bitter almond aromas, torn midnight-blue velvet threads, salt-scuffed oxfords, and 19th-century mineral rights.
Can Nora and Tristan unmask the murderer before the blizzard lifts at dawn, or will this Christmas Eve be their last?
The Christmas Cake at Penberth Cove is the sixth full-length installment in the bestselling Cornish Clifftop Tea Room Mysteries. Packed with snowbound country-house suspense, rich culinary heritage, breathtaking coastal atmosphere, and heartwarming village camaraderie, this festive holiday cozy is perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Faith Martin, and Betty Rowlands.
Includes Nora's authentic recipe for Traditional Cornish Saffron & Spiced Figgy Christmas Cake with Clotted Cream Brandy Butter!
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