(EMAILWIRE.COM, December 05, 2008 ) HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK – Walkers Shortbread of Scotland, a favorite with cookie connoisseurs the world over, has teamed with Midnight Ink Books to create a special offering for the holiday season starting today.
The first 55 customers who place orders on www.walkersus.com for either a box of classic Walkers Shortbread Fingers (8.8 oz/SRP $6.99) or Walkers Loch Lomond Shortbread Assortment (14.1 oz/SRP $13.50) have an option to receive their shortbread with a complimentary copy of Christmas is Murder, a who-done-it Agatha Christie-style mystery by C.S. Challinor. The thriller is receiving glowing reviews (http://midnightinkbooks.com/product.php?ean=9780738713595) and is the first in a new Rex Grave Mystery Series. Ground shipping is free with all purchases over $49 at the Walkers site.
Ms. Challinor was educated in Scotland and lived in Edinburgh for seven years. She is a longtime fan of Walkers Shortbread, in part because it is baked in the Highland village of Aberlour-on-Spey to an original family recipe perfected by founder Joseph Walker in 1898. The Walkers family still runs the company and makes sure that its famous shortbread is baked fresh in small batches, just the way it was over 100 years ago to insure the utmost attention are care.
Christmas is Murder tells of eight guests snowbound at an isolated hotel in the English countryside. First a disabled WWII veteran dies of poisoning and soon after other guests meet grisly ends in this politically-motivated murder mystery. The book is available through Amazon.com and most bookstores at $13.95.
Walkers was founded in 1898 and is the leading brand of food exported from Scotland. The family continues to operate its original retail shop in Aberlour in the Highlands to stay in touch with its roots. In addition to receiving the Queen's Award for Export on three occasions, Walkers has earned numerous British, Commonwealth and International awards, including a Grand Gold Medal award from Brussels-based "Monde Selection." Walkers offer the widest range of shortbread, traditional cookies, cakes, oatcakes, meringues and puddings to over 65 countries internationally. The company's products contain no artificial flavorings, colorings or additives and are certified kosher OUD. Consumers unable to purchase Walkers products at nearby fine food stores can now order them by visiting www.walkersus.com.
