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Put your wits to the test in this festive crime novel stuffed with puzzles!
Synopsis:
Renowned puzzler Audrey Peppertree is hosting a luxurious Christmas party in her famous manor. Her invitation was a playful riddle, but one RSVP was returned anonymously, with an ominous threat.
Fearing for her life, Audrey asks her old friend Eloise Dodd – a retired bodyguard – to join the dinner and work out which of her guests could be hungry for revenge. But by the end of the evening, will Audrey's goose be cooked?
Trapped by storms and scared for their lives, the diners find themselves taunted with more cryptic games. It seems the arrogant killer likes to play with their food.
But if you put all of the puzzle answers together, they will lead to the solution of the crime… Can you beat the detectives to work out Whodunnit?
Including 50+ original puzzles devised by Mastermind- and University Challenge- quiz creator Sarah Dunnakey, this is the perfect gift for fans of Murdle, Ludwig, and Agatha Christie.
Review:
Audrey is the current lady of the manor, and comes from a long line of puzzle makers, who even built their own puzzle museum. As she asks her friends and neighbors to come to her Christmas party that lasts all week long, she isn't ignoring the threats she's received, but just putting them out of her mind until Eloise arrives, and hoping she can root out the source. But as more threats occur, and a severe blizzard traps the guests, Eloise is thinking And Then There Were None, as deaths start occurring and everyone is now a suspect. Then just when she thinks she has it figured out- a new clue leads her astray and trying to keep everyone alive until the roads can be reopened. The hook of trying to solve all the puzzles to determine the killer is a neat, but I have to admit you need to stop reading and do them, as they come up, and honestly most were more involved than I wanted to be at that moment, so I didn't do them...full of red herrings and sleight of hand, this is a fun who-dun-it!
About the Author:
Sarah grew up in Guisborough, on the edge of the North York Moors and later Redcar in Teesside, by the sea. After brief stints as a College Librarian, an Education Officer in a Victorian Cemetery and an NHS researcher she landed her dream job as a Question Researcher on Mastermind.
Sarah now writes and verifies questions for several TV quiz shows including University Challenge, Pointless and 15-to-1. Her work, especially researching Specialist Subjects for Mastermind, has been a rich source of story ideas. She has had short stories published in various anthologies. Sarah's story ‘The Marzipan Husband’ was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 2014 she won a Northern Writers’ Award for the ‘The Companion’.
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