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C.C. Benison

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Winnipeg, Canada

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C.C. Benison is the pen name of Douglas Whiteway, a journalist and author who lives in Winnipeg, Canada. He has a degree in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa and has worked for the Winnipeg Tribune and the Winnipeg Free Press.

He is most recently the author of The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford, a Father Christmas novella, published in November 2020. This follows his last work of fiction, Paul is Dead: A Novel, published in 2018, which is a literary thriller set in an isolated lakeside cottage.

He is also the author of a series of murder mysteries set on the estates of Queen Elizabeth II where the crimes are solved by housemaid Jane Bee, with the Queen's help. Titles include Death at Buckingham Palace, Death at Sandring ...more

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	Twelve Drummers Drumming (Father Christmas Mystery #1) 3.53 avg rating — 2,521 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleven Pipers Piping (Father Christmas Mystery #2) 3.68 avg rating — 1,319 ratings — published 2012 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Lords A-Leaping (Father Christmas Mystery, #3) 3.54 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death at Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty Investigates, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 1996 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death at Sandringham House (Her Majesty Investigates #2) 3.69 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death at Windsor Castle (Her Majesty Investigates #3) 3.80 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford (Father Christmas #4) 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paul is Dead 3.35 avg rating — 34 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in Cold Type 3.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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We Need A Little Christmas

When I was a lad – many years ago – in the days when Canada had but a single television channel, two items were staples of Christmas morning programming: the Queen’s Christmas message and a short film, On the Twelfth Day, featuring a young Edwardian man on a penny-farthing bicycle visiting his lady love at her snow-covered London house and bringing her gifts, starting with a partridge in a pear tr Read more of this blog post »

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December 2018 Cozy Mystery Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which Cozy Mystery would you like to read in December?

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Hercule Poirot #35) by {author:Agatha Christie|123715]

17 votes, 34.0%

Twelve Drummers Drumming (Father Christmas Mystery #1) by C.C. Benison

10 votes, 20.0%

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen (A Year-Round Christmas Mystery #1) by Vicki Delany

10 votes, 20.0%

Kissing Christmas Goodbye (Agatha Raisin #18) by M.C. Beaton

7 votes, 14.0%

The Seven-Course Christmas Killer: A Holiday Novella from the Italian Kitchen (An Italian Kitchen Mystery #3.5) by Rosie Genova

6 votes, 12.0%

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“..for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

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Christine wrote: "Thanks for being my friend"

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Jun 25, 2013 02:24PM

Beth wrote: "Hi C.C.,
Thanks for sending a Goodreads friend request to this fellow mystery author!"

You're welcome! Delighted to be able to connect.

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Jun 25, 2013 08:41AM

Hi C.C.,
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May 21, 2013 06:03AM

Carol wrote: "Thanks for the friend invite. Looking forward to reading your books."

Thanks, Carol. I hope you enjoy them.

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May 11, 2013 05:42PM

Thanks for the friend invite. Looking forward to reading your books.

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May 03, 2013 04:38PM

Thanks, J + L. I'm glad you enjoy my books. Have a safe spring/summer yourselves. And keep working your way through that mountain of books!

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message 1: by Jeannie and Louis

May 03, 2013 02:25PM

C.C., I do enjoy your books. I thought I had read more but I find I have one on my TBR piles. They are like mountains any more! Keep writing and have a safe spring/summer.

Jeannie

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