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The Christmas Appeal

Janice Hallett
3.5(32)
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About the book

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows the hilarious Fairway Players theater group as they put on a Christmas play—and solve a murder that threatens their production.

The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a new church roof. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes.

Of course, there’s also the matter of the dead body onstage. Who could possibly have had the victim on their naughty list? Join lawyers Femi and Charlotte as they investigate Christmas letters, examine emails, and pore over police transcripts to identify both the victim and killer before the curtain closes on their holiday production—for good.

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ISBN9781668035887
PublisherAtria Books
Publication Date10/24/23
Pages208

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  • chichai_reads
    chichai_reads

    5 Followers

    2.0

    I loved the style (you just get to read bits and pieces of conversation between the people involved in the mystery) but the final reveal of what happened lacked excitement. It was a fun and quick read but I wouldn't pick it up again.

    Dec 31, 2023

  • kerstinloves
    kerstinloves

    152 Followers

    2.0

    I’m not saying this was bad. But I feel like target audience simply wasn’t me but rather women above the age of 50

    Dec 21, 2023

  • celine.arienne
    celine.arienne

    2 Followers

    3.0

    3.5 ⭐️ „All’s well that ends well.” A cute Christmas mystery! This mystery was something different because the readers themselves have to solve the case by getting pieces of information in form of e-mails, chats and newspaper articles instead of reading one continuous text. In the end of every “chapter”, there was a little summary and an interpretation of the given hints and clues, which I did enjoy! Because of that, the readers can compare their theories with those of the inspectors. Nevertheless, the first 50 pages were kind of confusing because you get introduced to SO many characters who you have to memorize and connect to another. After those 50 pages, it became easier to remember each character so I did enjoy the book a lot more. Merely the solution of the mystery was a bit boring and dull. I expected a bit more. Therefore: 3.5 ⭐️ (It was a good Christmas mystery book to read on the side.)

    Dec 27, 2023

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