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Hearth and Home: A Dan Foster Christmas Short Story
Posted on 7th December, 2025 in Bow Street Runner, Christmas, Dan Foster Mysteries
This year I’ve written a Dan Foster Mystery short story especially for Christmas and it’s available as a free download on the website.
A man pulled out of the water.
A young man has been saved from drowning in the Thames but has no memory of who he is or where he came from. When the man who rescued him is murdered on Christmas Eve, Bow Street Runner Dan Foster has to decide is the young man a murderer, or a victim?
The story is available to download from thee website (pdf document). Read Hearth and Home: A Dan Foster Mystery.
Picture Credit
‘A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore.’ Engraving by R Pollard, 1787, after R Smirke, Wellcome Collection, Public Domain.
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