The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
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3.6
Ally Carter
"Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, excellent dialogue, and fantastic characters, this expertly crafted story from Carter (The Blonde Identity) is a heart-melting rivals-to-lovers romance combined with a delightful locked-room mystery." — Library Journal (starred review)Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room two days before Christmas.Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt:She’s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery.He’s Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy.She hates his guts.He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she’s told him otherwise.)But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself.That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone.She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust?As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth—and each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor.Assuming they don’t kill each other first.The laugh out loud holiday "romystery" that you've been waiting for!
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Author
Ally Carter
Pages
304
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2024-09-24
ISBN
0063276739 9780063276734
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"It was cute and I wanted to know the end of it but it didn’t LOVE it. I still recommend it specially during the holidays - great to get in the Christmas mood "
Julia s.
"I’ve never had a favorite Christmas book…until now. This has everything I enjoy from Ally Carter with some extra holiday razzle dazzle mixed in. Big fan. Devoured it. Would recommend to friends and foes alike. "
Spice Police
"I read this book in one sitting! Absolutely loved it. It gave me the holiday romance vibes I was looking for…add in a mystery to solve and I’m hooked! The audio on this book was excellent. Duet narration with fun excerpts from a police interview. This was a clever, super fun and cute read. "
CeeCee
"This is my favorite book of the year so far! It was witty and romantic. I couldn’t put it down. Cozy easy read"
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Jasmine C
"Cutest, cozy, holiday mystery. Loved it. Hallmark mystery book. <br/>Maggie a new author who’s had horrible luck gets invited to Christmas at a castle in the UK. Her publicist tells her she must go but can’t tell her who the castle belongs too. When she gets there she sees Ethan. She HATES Ethan. He’s a rival author who gets everything he wants. Tall, handsome and cocky. They find out they are at Elenor Ashley’s house. The famous crime novelist who inspired Maggie. Maggie invites some family, a doctor, her lawyer, and the police inspector to be her other guest. Elenor goes missing on Christmas Eve Eve and no one can find her. You learn her family wants her money, her niece isn’t her niece but a scam artist and everyone has something to hide. Maggie and Ethan solve the case with it being the inspector. They fall in love but no one has found Elenor. The epilogue you find out that Ethan and Maggie are still together. They meet Elenor and her butler turned lover. No one know where Elenor is except them and Elenor likes it that way."
Elizabeth Hart
"Cute holiday book. Quick ready with a little romantic fling. Love the story line is about authors and solving murders on Christmas!. Perfect for book club! "
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Laura B Price
"This was a refreshing change for a Christmas story. Still a bit of a romantic aspect to it, but the mystery is what takes the cake. There is a lot of characters to remember, so if you have difficulty with that then this isn't the book for you."
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Bailey Szabo
"a solid 4.75 but rounded up!! this was so so fun!! love the couple, the mystery, the setting, the audiobook, all of it!"
Olivia Cook
"Perfect holiday read. It’s a cozy mystery if that even makes sense, a classic whodunnit. <br/><br/>I didn’t love the MMC solely because he kept calling the FMC “sweetheart” and I cringed every time. And I might be overthinking but before the romance started his teasing was too close to sexually harassing for me."
Nadia Despain
"I really liked the way the chapters were broken up with the script-style interactions between Ethan and Maggie. It added a fun, dynamic layer to the mystery story.<br/><br/>However, I wasn't fully convinced by the execution of the enemies-to-lovers trope. The reasons behind their animosity didn't feel developed enough to make the shift to romance believable. It needed a bit more depth to make that transition feel earned.<br/><br/>But hey, who doesn't enjoy a good Nancy Drew-style love story?"
Marissa Fielding
