The Christmas Murder Game: The must-read Christmas murder mystery

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Alexandra Benedict adds additional investigative delight for the reader by hiding an anagram for each of the verses of the traditional Christmas carol The Twelve Days of Christmas ("seven swans a'swimming", "five gold rings" etc. I did guess most of what the ending would contain and did find the trajectory a little predictable in places, but this did not detract from the fun I had whilst reading it, nor did I feel let down by all the conclusion consisted of.

Alexandra Benedict serves up a traditional country house Christmas mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales as the snow falls heavily, threatening to cut off Endgame House. A family gathers, one of them will walk away with an inheritance but first they must solve the clues.And then we're meant to see this aunt as a loving and caring individual who everyone looks up to and loves? Although it took me months of plodding through, while finishing one book or another in the meantime, I actually really did enjoy this story . The various resentments, alliances and shared histories of the protagonists immediately become clear as the cousins reconnect and settle into Endgame. They'll each be given a succession of twelve cryptic clues, one on each of the twelve days of Christmas, each clue leading to a key hidden somewhere on the property.

In playing along with her quarrelling cousins – all of whom have their own reasons for wanting the house – she hopes she’ll be able to unravel a twenty-year-old mystery that’s haunted her since she was a child. Thank you to Eleanor at Zaffre Books for the invitation to take part and the gifted copy of the book. Según van saliendo las pistas, que los protagonistas los resuelven en un min (esto me ha decepcionado un poco) la trama se va complicando. BUONE FESTE e mi raccomando, non rimandate un ti voglio bene o un ti amo, perché non si sa mai con chi ci si ritrova a cena, magari è un assassino. Just in case this setup isn’t artificial enough for you, Benedict piles two more games atop the games her characters play: a dozen hidden anagrams of the gifts of the 12 days of Christmas, and a dozen hidden references to earlier Christmas-themed whodunits.I know that you have absolutely no interest in inheriting the house, even though I dearly wish it to be yours. Twelve clues are dropped on the twelve days of Christmas and twelve keys are scattered throughout the house for Lily and her relatives to find.

Certainly, in The Christmas Murder Game, Alexandra Benedict has captured the slightly camp, colour-saturated vibe of modern "cosy mystery" adaptations, but without the accompanying gentle humour of series such as Agatha Raisin and Marple. I saw this on a friends list about mystery books set during Christmas, and since holiday romance isn’t my favorite I thought I would give this one a try.There’s just something undeniably eerie about a large country house with so much space for hiding things – be it bodies, clues, keys or secrets. Una melodía demolía tus fronteras y fraternos parajes para parejas eran un escenario necesario para mi listado de latidos. My thanks to the author, Alexandra Benedict, publisher Poisoned Pen Press, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.

De cualquier modo, como os decía me ha gustado bastante como está escrito, la historia y los personajes, unos más que otros claro, pero están todos bastante bien perfilados. Her adoptive mother, a professor of poetry at Cambridge, Aunt Liliana, has died, leaving behind instructions that Lily must go to Endgame House, a place she has avoided after her mother died there. The characters either have one single defining personality trait (b***h, strong and silent, self-pitying trauma victim, or warm and friendly) or no personality at all (lesbians in love. E finalmente quest'anno saremo ancora tutti insieme, a mangiare come se non ci fosse un domani, a giocare a tombola, a cantare con il karaoke che sta a prendere polvere per 12 mesi meno un giorno.Other people may like this book for the same reasons I dislike it, but it's the closest I've ever come to writing in then burning a book whilst dancing around naked in the garden to celebrate. A jednak wiele wątków i rozwiązań się tu powtarza i przywodzi na myśl typowe kryminały/thrillery, gdzie bohaterowie zamknięci są na małej przestrzeni. Se non fosse stato per tutte le morti che hanno segnato la storia, avrei voluto partecipare anche io a quel gioco di natale. ABOUT 'THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME': The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home. Second in the military crime series featuring Special Agents Scott Brodie and Magnolia "Maggie" Taylor, after The Deserter (2019).