Christmas Pie

About this story

Christmas Pie turns a dispute with the Women's Institute into an expedition to Restoration London. St Mary's institutional pride is at stake, and Markham, Max, Peterson and Miss Sykes are tasked with finding an authentic this story.

The seasonal jump begins in September, so even the calendar has refused to behave conventionally.

In the site's view, the attraction is the disproportion between the objective and the response. A row close to home becomes a historical mission involving four established characters.

That gives readers a concrete reason to choose this particular festive story: food, rivalry and the historians' determination to defend their reputation are already tangled together before the expedition begins.

This is a later St Mary's extra, placed after The Good, the Bad and the History. It can be read as an individual ebook or heard in Zara Ramm's recording of 2 hours 55 minutes.

The audio length makes it a substantial seasonal listen, suitable for an afternoon rather than a few spare minutes.