Admiral Charles Shackleford's retirement isn't going quite according to plan. Having been instrumental in improving the lives of so many (his words - others might be inclined to call it something slightly different), he's struggling to reignite the spark in his own love life with the feisty Mabel.
Short on ideas, he decides to gatecrash his much put upon best friend Jimmy Noon's Valentine idea and ends up in the middle of a murder mystery weekend where real murder is on someone else's script. As the weather closes in, the guests are stranded in a hotel harbouring an unknown killer. With no possibility of the police arriving any time soon, the Admiral and Jimmy have no option but to join forces in an attempt to uncover the Murderous Valentine. The unstoppable duo may be not quite be Holmes and Watson, but can they catch a murderer...?
This humorous cozy mystery is the first in The Admiral Shackleford Mysteries.
