As a lover of Christmas mysteries, how could I resist the chance to read The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year? Still, I feared that while the title might signal the most delicious cozy, it may also turn out to be just cutesy rom-com banter disguised as a mystery.
Not to worry. New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter gives readers full-fledged holiday whodunit suspense with twists, turns, and – no matter how superficial some may appear – characters with real depth.
When rival cozy fiction rising star Maggie Chase and the too-handsome thriller author Ethan Wyatt are whisked away by private jet to spend the holidays with their biggest fan and her family at an English country estate and it snows, it can only mean one thing – a locked room mystery to solve – when their host, the most powerful author in the world and Maggie’s idol, goes missing.
Maggie and Ethan team up to not only find the missing mystery maven but solve the attempted murder of another author at the holiday gathering. With suspects, motives and literary clues aplenty, not to mention watching the duo get to know and trust each other made for the coziest of romantic mysteries.
I highly recommend The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year to fans of cozy mysteries and romantic comedies. I received this advanced reader copy from Avon Publishing, courtesy of NetGalley.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Review by Di Prokop, More Mystery Please
*If you enjoy holiday mysteries as much as I do, be sure to check out the Second Annual More Mystery Please Santa Advent calendar, beginning December 1.
Not to worry. New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter gives readers full-fledged holiday whodunit suspense with twists, turns, and – no matter how superficial some may appear – characters with real depth.
When rival cozy fiction rising star Maggie Chase and the too-handsome thriller author Ethan Wyatt are whisked away by private jet to spend the holidays with their biggest fan and her family at an English country estate and it snows, it can only mean one thing – a locked room mystery to solve – when their host, the most powerful author in the world and Maggie’s idol, goes missing.
Maggie and Ethan team up to not only find the missing mystery maven but solve the attempted murder of another author at the holiday gathering. With suspects, motives and literary clues aplenty, not to mention watching the duo get to know and trust each other made for the coziest of romantic mysteries.
I highly recommend The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year to fans of cozy mysteries and romantic comedies. I received this advanced reader copy from Avon Publishing, courtesy of NetGalley.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Review by Di Prokop, More Mystery Please
*If you enjoy holiday mysteries as much as I do, be sure to check out the Second Annual More Mystery Please Santa Advent calendar, beginning December 1.