{"product_id":"the-frost-murders-a-victorian-christmas-mystery-paperback","title":"The Frost Murders: A Victorian Christmas Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. M. Winterbourne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Frost Murders: A Victorian Christmas Mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon, 1895. The city is blanketed in snow, but beneath the festive white lies a crimson trail of vengeance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of December 23rd, the first body arrives on the morning frost. Lady Catherine Pemberton, a wealthy widow and prominent philanthropist, is found strangled in her Belgravia drawing room. Above her head hangs a grotesque gift: a red velvet stocking overflowing with her own blood-soaked jewellery and a single golden pear ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor consulting detective \u003cstrong\u003eOctavius Frost\u003c\/strong\u003e, a man haunted by a childhood promise to never remain silent in the face of injustice, the symbolism is chillingly clear. A killer is performing a masterpiece-a \"Twelve Days of Christmas\" carol written in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrost must partner with the formidable Dr. Helena Ashford, a pioneering female physician and forensic specialist, to decode a pattern of \"accidental\" deaths that have been occurring across London for over a week. As they unearth a dark conspiracy involving the \u003cstrong\u003eSociety of St. Nicholas\u003c\/strong\u003e, Frost is forced to confront the corruption in his own aristocratic family's past and a tragedy twenty years in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Frost Murders\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first investigation in the gripping \u003cstrong\u003eOctavius Frost Mysteries\u003c\/strong\u003e, a planned 10-book series combining meticulous historical research with the atmospheric tension of classic Victorian crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 566\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67935444926771,"sku":"9781807001414","price":54.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LpNBBUm0hb9781807001414.webp?v=1793915417","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-frost-murders-a-victorian-christmas-mystery-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}