National bestselling author Benjamin Stevenson’s fast-paced, fourth-wall breaking Christmas “special” – Everyone this Christmas has a Secret: A Festive Mystery is the third book in the Ernest Cunningham Mysteries series and finds said detective trying to clear his ex-wife of of murdering her rich philanthropist boyfriend.
Not having read the previous two books in the series, it took me a bit to catch up with the characters, and the more foretelling than foreshadowing style of the writing. Once I did though, I was rewarded with a clever plot, witty writing and a solid whodunit with a cliffhanger of a climax tied up in a bow by the 24th day of the Advent calendar.
I recommend Everyone This Christmas has a Secret to readers who enjoy humorous cozies, Christmas special installments, and detective fiction. I received this advanced reader copy from Mariner Books, 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 having read the previous two books in the series, it took me a bit to catch up with the characters, and the more foretelling than foreshadowing style of the writing. Once I did though, I was rewarded with a clever plot, witty writing and a solid whodunit with a cliffhanger of a climax tied up in a bow by the 24th day of the Advent calendar.
I recommend Everyone This Christmas has a Secret to readers who enjoy humorous cozies, Christmas special installments, and detective fiction. I received this advanced reader copy from Mariner Books, 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.