A Christmas at Highbury: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard novella

Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!

A glittering ball. A missing necklace. A Christmas caper in high society.

Home from London for the holidays, Clive and Henrietta—the newly minted Lord and Lady Linley—arrive at Highbury with baby Teddy in tow and a houseful of surprises waiting. Clive's mother has remarried. The stables are slated for demolition. And Antonia has already promised the Winnetka Country Club that her son and his wife will be the prize exhibit at this year's Christmas ball.

But things go awry when the club's collection of gifts for the poor vanishes from a locked storeroom, and a young woman’s heirloom necklace disappears the same night. Clive calls it a prank, but Henrietta isn't so sure—especially when every clue points toward one of Antonia's own circle.

Across town, Elsie is hosting her first Christmas Eve at Palmer Square but when a lost old man and his cat turn up on the doorstep, the evening doesn’t go quite as planned.

With the gifts due to the neediest families on Christmas Eve, Clive and Henrietta have only three days to find a thief who may be sitting at their own dinner table. Can they unwrap the truth before Christmas morning?

Perfect for readers who enjoy cozy Christmas mysteries featuring married sleuths, a country-club theft, a formidable mother-in-law, found family around the holiday table, and a 1930s holiday with no murder required.

Fans of Downton Abbey who want a Christmas mystery—with warmth, wit, and a dash of 1930s Chicago—will curl up with this one in a single evening.


★ “Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths.” —Library Journal (starred review)


★ “Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon.” ―Booklist (starred review)


★ “Henrietta and Inspector Howard are the best pair of sleuths I’ve come across in ages.”―Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author