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A charity ball. A dead guest. Can an amateur sleuth solve the case or will it ruin Christmas for ever? Aspiring antiques expert, Dotty Sayers, is excited about organising a ball in a Cotswold country house. When a lecture on modern art leads to a kiss under the mistletoe she thinks all her Christmases have come at once. But her festive cheer turns sour when a partygoer is found dead on the dance floor. The police ask Dotty to find a stolen painting, but as she struggles to distinguish forgeries from masterpieces, she becomes wrapped up in the murder investigation. When this amateur detective starts discovering her colleagues' buried secrets, she wonders if she can continue her search for the truth and face the Yuletide music. Can Dotty put aside her personal feelings and herald a murderer? Gavels, Tinsel and Murder is the fourth book in the charming Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery series. If you like to eat, drink and be merry with a group of engaging characters, then you'll be entertained by Victoria Tait's festive tale. Christmas comes but once a year so buy Gavels, Tinsel and Murder today!