A Christmas ghost story Author Forename:Kim Abadi's deputy

Abadi's deputy

DI Mark Joesbury realises that the university has developed an unhealthy record of young people committing suicide in extraordinary ways

he's surprised to find the victim is a woman with nothing to hide and no reason for anyone to hurt her

without revealing their own closely guarded secrets

and as he is frozen out of decision-making in the Surete du Quebec

A Christmas ghost story Author Forename:Kim Abadi's deputyDecember 1st. Angie and her teenage son Rust prepare for Christmas, stringing fairy lights around their isolated home on the Somerset levels and decorating a tree with traditional ornaments. The first door of the advent calendar is opened, but the chocolate inside tastes off. Rust receives his first Christmas card; it's unsigned, and the message is 'pinch, punch. first of the month'. The robin chirruping on a bough in a snowy woodland picture looks