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The final Advent video is slightly longer as it involves my Books of The Year, those being Best Historical, Best Police Procedural, Best Thriller - and Book of The Year. The music is a poem bt Thomas Hardy, set to music by Graham Peel.

I've been alternating books I reviewed this year with classics.This is one of the latter - a heartbreaking story of human endurance and betrayal. The music - a song by Ivor Gurney, a great composer who never recovered form The Great War

Today's Advent offering - a gritty Glasgow is superbly brought to life by @AlanJParks - the accompanying music is a haunting Gaelic carol

Today, perhaps the most famous detective story ever written. See if you can guess what it is. The music is a solemn reminder of man's mortality,from Thomas Ravenscroft.

A brilliant helter-skelter novel from Nick Oldham, where former copper Henry Christie battles seriously evil villains - to the accompaniment of some wintry Vivaldi

Today's book is one of the brilliant Inspector Banks series from the late Peter Robinson. Keeping things within Yorkshire, listen to a rousing Sheffield carol - Star of Bethlehem' from the pub sing at Dungworth

Christmas mystery and mayhem from Denzil Meyrick with his entertaining Murder at Holly House, accompanied by a sublime piece of JS Bach

Israel Zangwill's Big Bow Mystery is a clever - and very funny (in the style of Diary of a Nobody) locked room murder. It's a reminder of a time when elegant and meticulously crafted CriFi was not a rarity. The music is 19thC gallery carol - Behold The Morning Star

Solstice is a gripping historical tale about witch trials in northern England, and shows the terrifying zeal with which the established church pursued ordinary country people and their ancient wisdom. Boris Ord, organist and choirmaster at Kings College Cambridge composed the music.

A brilliant author, sadly no longer with us. Christopher Fowler created the unforgettable duo of Bryant and May. The music is a French carol sung by Edith Piaf.

A superb police procedural from Keith Dixon plays out over the dramatic Thee Kings' March - also known as The Farandole - by Bizet

A chilling tale of not-so-cosy local traditions and downright evil, from Phil Rickman. By contrast, the choir sings the lovely French carol Quelle est cette odeur agreeable

A tale of murder and deception from NoirMaster David Mark is coupled with a medieval carol sung at a Mystery Play

A wonderful Chandleresque novel set in a wintry post-war London is accompanied by some atmospheric music by Ralph Vaughan Williams

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The Price of Diversity

Wisbech - Then and Now

Fully Booked

The Winterberg Tunnel