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The Dead of Winter
Introducing Rupert Wilde, the smart and sophisticated new sleuth in the first of his Golden Age mysteries.
Having survived the First World War and been decorated for his efforts, Rupert Wilde is now back in civvy street wondering what to do with his life. On a whim he accepts his Aunt Julia’s invitation to a Christmas house party at Pelham House in the wilds of rural Norfolk. He takes with him his newly appointed assistant Kishen, a young Oxford educated Indian whom he met when he rescued him from a violent mugging. Little did Wilde know that there would be murder, intrigue and mutilated bodies awaiting him behind the ancient walls of Pelham House. Wilde and Kishen turn detective to get to the bottom of these puzzling and ghastly festive felonies.
Other books by David Stuart Davies


Sherlock Holmes: Revenge from the Grave

Sherlock Holmes, Revenge from the Grave

Spiral of Lies

In the Shadows

In the Shadows

The Darkness Rising

The Darkness Rising

Sherlock Holmes: The Instrument of Death

Oliver Twist and the Mystery of Throate Manor

Blood Rites

Forests of the Night

The Darke Chronicles

The Halloween Mask & Other Strange Stories

Classic Crime Stories

Brothers in Blood

Innocent Blood

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Promise

Sherlock Holmes: The Ripper Legacy

The Sherlock Holmes Book

The Scarlet Coven

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