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The Twelve Days of Murder

The perfect festive whodunnit to gift this Christmas

Andreina Cordani author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bonnier Books Ltd

Published:26th Oct '23

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The perfect locked-room mystery to gift this Christmas.

The game begins, and it feels just like old times.

Until the next morning, when Lady Partridge is found hanging from a pear tree.

It quickly becomes clear that in this game, the murder will be all too real, and the story is bringing long-hidden secrets to the surface.

LOVEREADING'S BOOK OF THE MONTH! The perfect murder mystery to gift this Christmas.

Find the truth. Solve the murder. Never reveal your secret.

Twelve years ago, eight friends ran an exclusive group at university: The Murder Masquerade Society. The mysteries they solved may have been grisly, but they were always fictional - until their final Christmas puzzle, when one of the group disappeared, never to be seen again.

Now, the remaining members receive an invitation to a reunion masquerade, to be held in a beautiful and remote country house in Scotland. The game begins, and it feels just like old times.

Until the next morning, when Lady Partridge is found hanging from a pear tree.

It quickly becomes clear that in this game, the murder will be all too real, and the story is bringing long-hidden secrets to the surface. If they hope to survive the festive season then they will need to face the truth about what happened on that fateful night twelve years ago.


PRAISE FOR THE TWELVE DAYS OF MURDER:

'(An) entertaining thriller' Good Housekeeping

'A devious holiday whodunnit' Publishers Weekly

(An) entertaining thriller * Good Housekeeping *
(A) slick, savage mystery * My Weekly *
A really nicely paced whodunnit that has more red herrings than there are lords a leaping in that famous festival tale * Belfast Telegraph *
An impressive adult debut ... (a) devious holiday whodunnit ... Mystery lovers of all stripes will walk away satisfied * Publishers Weekly *
(A) compelling, complex, page-turning locked-room mystery ... chock full of plot twists * Booklist *
A murder-mystery weekend turns actually deadly ... Scandals, hurt feelings, and secret ambitions ... Good for spreading holiday fear * Kirkus Reviews *
Smart and stimulating, the Twelve Days of Murder would make a simply fabulous gift for any armchair sleuths out there ... (an) absolute romp of a read * LoveReading *

ISBN: 9781804182208

Dimensions: 240mm x 162mm x 35mm

Weight: 611g

384 pages