Whilst Andrew nurses a bad cold, Anne-Marie and Caitlin are Christmas shopping, and Michael is discovering a new-found enthusiasm for things culinary. Meanwhile the art robbers are awaiting sentence following their guilty plea and DC Harris makes arrangements for the safe return of the stolen goods. On the night of the Winter Solstice, The Maxwell Band gives an outstanding first full performance of Calendarium, and the record company team make a surprise trip to hear it. The morning after, Andrew is invited to a breakfast meeting in which he is given an unprecedented opportunity to do something major for Nithsdale. Christmas day brings contentment for Senga’s mother, for Michael and his family, and for Caitlin and Anne-Marie. In the afternoon, the three amateur sleuths gather for Christmas lunch, at the end of which Andrew makes his two new friends an offer of remarkable generosity.
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Copyright © David Graham Clark 2023
AUTHOR’S NOTE: In this story I mix up and blur chronologies, geographies and biographies. Any resemblance to a person living or dead is purely coincidental. The 12 chapters of the novel Epiphanies and Robberies appeared sequentially throughout 2023. They have now been re-drafted and are in search of a publisher.
The novel also has a playlist to enjoy, you can find it here: http://open.spotify.com/playlist/0XSzB1w8hfrRPUBzs4KFNF?si=JkkDbGmRQM2WeHjcOrFO
Quotidian 
Such a lovely way to finish it off.
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So glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your encouragement along the way. Merry Christmas!
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Except, of course, that this can’t really be The End. There will surely have to be a sequel. Or two.
Really enjoyed this, on so many levels. Thank you!
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So kind of you to say that Catherine. Thank you. I particularly appreciate the ‘many levels’, which is exactly what I tried to achieve. As to a sequel, well I do have a few ideas …!
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