The Mystery of the Christmas Clock

von Laura Mercer

174 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A stopped clock. A secret kept for ten years. And a Christmas in Sintra that changes everything.Claire Donovan arrives in Sintra, Portugal, with a one-page plan: ten days to inventory her late great-aunt's house in the hills, sign the papers, and fly home to Boston. The plan lasts about a day.The house is freezing, the stove won't light, and a cat has moved in without asking. A clockmaker lets himself in every Thursday with a key nobody told her about. Then the tall clock in the hall stops - because someone has opened it - and nothing in the house is missing.When Luís, the quiet gardener who tends the roses, is found at the foot of the old stone stairs, the whole town calls it a tragic accident. But Claire has noticed a gap in the timeline, and one small detail that refuses to fit.Why did the clock leave the house years ago, only to come back? What did her great-aunt know? And who in this kind, close-knit town is keeping a secret of their own?Between foggy mornings at the café, a nativity whose three kings move an inch closer every day, and a clockmaker who understands the house better than she does, Claire is drawn into a mystery of old loyalties and family secrets - and a town that keeps feeding her until she forgets to leave.The Mystery of the Christmas Clock is Book 1 of the Claire Donovan Mysteries: a clean, cozy Christmas mystery with no gore, no explicit content, and a slow-burn small-town romance.Perfect for readers who love gentle mysteries, atmospheric holiday settings, and secrets solved through observation, patience, and kindness.

• Reihe: The Mystery of the Christmas Clock
• ISBN: 9798162682820
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.10.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published