Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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Winter Scavenger Hunt

On the twelfth day of Christmas
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
Why? One short story in this collection is called The twelve clues of Christmas

my true love gave to me
Tinsel Street
Why? Doubts about a 'true love' and a significant gift.

twelve drummers drumming
Drummer Girl

eleven pipers piping
Eleven lines to somewhere
Why? The London underground system is important; the Tube map resembles pipes.

ten lords a-leaping
Cecily
Why? Set at the end of the 100 Years War and the start of the Wars of the Roses - many lords leaping into battle.

nine ladies dancing
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens
Why? Dancing was a pastime and a role for ladies-in-waiting

eight maids a-milking
Milk: On Motherhood and Madness

seven swans a-swimming
Swanfall

six geese a-laying
Death at the Sanatorium
Why? Six employees at a deserted sanatorium - and murder.

five gold rings
Five Gold Rings: Where Christmas magic meets real-life messiness

four calling birds
Under a Fire-Red Sky
Why? Four teenagers flock together during the Blitz

three French hens
Handa's Hen Bilingual French-English

two turtle doves
The voice of the turtle

and a partridge in a pear tree.
The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
and
My Brother's Ghost by Allan Ahlberg
Why? Author also wrote Each Peach Pear Plum