The Dog Sitter Detective's Christmas TailIt's almost Christmas, and actress and amateur sleuth Gwinny Tuffel is still pondering what to buy DCI Birch (retired) and whether she could adopt a new furry friend. But sorting through her late father's papers leads her into his mysterious past, pointing to an enigmatic 'liaison' now living in a Somerset commune populated by a group of retired spies. When Gwinny and Birch are unexpectedly snowed in at the remote farmhouse, they find that any

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As Pera shows a young family around her home on the last haunted house tour of the season

seems unusually fixated on the strange wooden figures - so-called 'silent companions' - that were once owned by his ancestors

But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighbourhood

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Musicians will be brought in to play the Devil out of these women

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The brutal execution of 400 slaves has led to rioting and discontent

Albion continues to be divided by revolt and bloodshed