The Christmas Murder Game
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3.7 • 17 Ratings
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- $2.99
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Publisher Description
"Curl up by the fire (and lock all the doors) for this Christmas cracker of a book." —C.S. Green, author of Sleep Tight
Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But how many will die before Twelfth Night?
Agatha Christie meets Clue in this delightful, tense manor house murder mystery.
The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home. This year's prize is to die for—deeds to the house itself—but Lily Armitage has no intention of returning. She hasn't been back to Endgame since her mother died, twenty-one years ago, and she has no intention of claiming the house that haunts her dreams.
Until, that is, she receives a letter from her aunt promising that the game's riddles will give her the keys not only to Endgame, but to its darkest secrets, including the identity of her mother's murderer.
Now, Lily must compete with her estranged cousins for the twelve days of Christmas. The snow is thick, the phone lines are down, and no one is getting in or out. Lily will have to keep her wits about her, because not everyone is playing fair, and there's no telling how many will die before the winner is declared.
Including additional scavenger hunts for the reader, this clever murder mystery is the perfect gift for fans of classic mysteries, festive Christmas books, and armchair detective work.
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.
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