Diane Cousins

Portrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil. Life in the valley isn't what it was, there's no pit in Deri now, but the humour survives, and it's amazingly peaceful considering.

Marion Callevero has her guest list checked twice to host the company Christmas event, but gifts quickly turn to gore. This struggling staff has been invited to the party but no one will be returning home for the holidays.

The treasure was supposed to make them rich. Instead, it unleashed a clown nightmare. Two clown investigators and their robot sidekick follow a trail of madness. Obsessed by long-lost pirate treasure hidden in a Kentucky town.