The Christmas Murder Game
The perfect murder mystery to gift this Christmas
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'A PERFECTLY PLOTTED FESTIVE MYSTERY' SUSI HOLLIDAY, AUTHOR OF THE PARTY SEASON
'A DELICIOUS LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY' VAL MCDERMID
Twelve clues.
Twelve keys.
Twelve days of Christmas.
But who will survive until Twelfth Night?
Lily Armitage never intended to return to Endgame House - the grand family home where her mother died twenty-one Christmases ago. Until she receives a letter from her aunt, asking her to return to take part in an annual tradition: the Christmas Game. The challenge? Solve twelve clues, to find twelve keys. The prize? The deeds to the manor house.
Lily has no desire to win the house. But her aunt makes one more promise: The clues will also reveal who really killed Lily's mother all those years ago.
So, for the twelve days of Christmas, Lily must stay at Endgame House with her estranged cousins and unravel the riddles that hold the key not just to the family home, but to its darkest secrets. However, it soon becomes clear that her cousins all have their own reasons for wanting to win the house - and not all of them are playing fair.
As a snowstorm cuts them off from the village, the game turns deadly. Soon Lily realises that she is no longer fighting for an inheritance, but for her life.
This Christmas is to die for . . . Let the game begin
READERS LOVE THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME:
'I could not be more in love with this book if I tried'
'An absolute must read'
'Poetic, immersive and imbued with heart as well as an icy bite'
'the perfect read to snuggle up with in the bleak midwinter!'
'A wonderful read on a cold snowy winters day, sit back and enjoy the ride'
'Cluedo in a book!'
'An absolutely brilliant read for this time of year!'
'My favourite book of this year so far!'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's a snowy Christmas Eve in this fun contemporary British country house mystery from Benedict (The Beauty of Murder as A.K. Benedict), and Lily Armitage, a 33-year-old costume corset maker is heading from her London home to the wilds of Yorkshire and the 17th-century manor known as Endgame House, where she lived as a child. She hasn't set foot in the place since she left it at the age of 12 after her mother's death. She's only returning because her recently deceased aunt and adoptive mother, Liliana Armitage-Feathers, has left a letter for her with the family lawyer in which Liliana begs Lily, as a last request, to participate in the family's traditional Christmas treasure hunt, in which all the Armitage cousins take part. Only this time, the winner will get Endgame House itself, while the other participants will get nothing. Greed-fueled animosity runs high, and it's no surprise when, one by one, the cousins start turning up dead. Puzzle-loving readers will enjoy searching for anagrams of the gifts mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and for the titles of 12 of the author's favorite country house mysteries embedded in the text. This isn't for those looking for surprising reveals.
