- It's Christmas and Britain is in the grips of the worst winter on record. When a precious jewel is stolen from a snowbound train, Sister Boniface and company uncover murder, ancient curses, and dark family secrets.
- In this Christmas special, Britain is in the grips of the 'Big Freeze' - the worst winter on record. Sister Boniface and her fellow travelers are stranded in a train after a frozen coupling snaps, leaving the last carriages stranded in snow. When The Star of the Orient, a precious jewel, is stolen from its safe and a passenger is discovered murdered, Sister Boniface must use her exceptional detection skills to decide who among the suspects is responsible. But with little signs of rescue and a failing generator, passengers must also contend with a more pressing issue - freezing to death.
- With mixed feelings, Sam and Boniface board the train to visit family for Christmas, he as favorite uncle baring gifts. Luckily they're there when it's blocked by snow, as a fatally stabbed female passenger is found outside, while the safe inside was cracked to steal the Star of the Orient, a famous but allegedly cursed Indian ruby, which industrial tycoon scrooge Sir Swinton Usher is bringing to the British Museum as a gift, accompanied by his domineered family, secretary and security company man. The sleuths' combined ingenuity and improvised forensics, assisted by army veteran turned train waiter Stanley Fawcett, gradually uncover, while the killer strikes again, what happened, how their past and secrets provide possible alibis, also for other passengers like Harinder Ray, an envoy of the maharajah who wants to buy the legendary stone back for his people or Miss Fitz D'Arcy, who seeks employment with a rich aristocratic aunt, a stowaway suspect and how to survive. Meanwhile the discovery of a naked corpse in the shed at the boarding house means mother superior cancels the cursed Christmas while the chief puts Felix in charge -a first- of the investigation, assisted by Peggy. It only gets solved after the train party is reached, with a 'Christ child' emergency.—KGF Vissers
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