Don’t miss the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month that everyone is talking about this Christmas – the fun and festive murder mystery from the No.1New York Timesbestselling author.’Twists galore’Stuart MacBride’Had me laughing out loud’Yorkshire Life’First-class’The TimesA case shrouded in secrets.Its just before Christmas, 1953. Grasby and Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthleys Bay. A fisherman has been found dead on the beach, with a stocking wound tight round his throat.A festive mystery for one and all.Hundreds of pairs of stockings, in neat cellophane bags, soon wash up on the shore. A blizzard cuts off Grasby and Juggers from help, and the local innkeeper is murdered. Any remaining Christmas cheer goes up in smoke as the villagers refuse to talk, leaving the two detectives chasing false leads in the snow.A winter wonderland with no escape.To make matters worse, Grasby cant stop thinking about stockings. Why does everyone seem to be enjoying strangely high standards of hosiery, even beneath their oilskins? Who is the sinister bespectacled man snooping around their hotel? And how can they solve the murder when everyone in the village is a suspect?Readers loveThe Christmas Stocking Murders:Atmospheric, amusing, a book to read by a fireside.FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWThis book is a delight.FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWI found myself chuckling along.FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWA wonderful page-turner.FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWThese books are a tonic.FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWA Christmas joy.FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWDenzil Meyrick, Audible bestseller, November 2024Denzil Meyrick, No.1 New York Times bestseller, November 2025