{"product_id":"9780008754686-cornish-christmas-nosey-pa9-pb","title":"The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePantomime season has arrived in the brand new hilarious cozy murder mystery from Fiona Leitch.           \u003cp\u003e'Murder and mayhem are rarely this enjoyable. Another \u003cstrong\u003efantastic\u003c\/strong\u003e entry in this brilliant series that solidifies Leitch as one of the very\u003cstrong\u003e best and funniest writers\u003c\/strong\u003e around’ Jonathan Whitelaw\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003ewonderful\u003c\/strong\u003e seasonal romp’ Ian Moore\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eIt’s Christmas in Penstowan, and local amateur dramatics group the Penstowan Players are putting on their annual pantomime. \u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis year it’s ‘Aladdin’, and half the town have been drafted in to help, including Shirley Parker, who only has a small part in the chorus but will no doubt upstage everybody, and Tony Penhaligon, who’s treading the boards as the baddie, Abanazar. Ex-Metropolitan police officer turned caterer Jodie Parker has managed to get away with not appearing, but only if she agrees to cater the opening night party.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eBut it’s not just terrible jokes, quick costume changes and backstage chaos that wait in the wings… When the Widow Twankey (otherwise known as Tim, the mayor’s husband) trips over a corpse lying next to Aladdin’s bloodstained magic lamp, it’s time for Jodie and her partner, DCI Nathan Withers, to find the killer.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWas it the genie of the lamp or an overly harsh theatre critic? 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