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A Very Murderous Christmas by Cecily Gayford

jenniferw88's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

assassinsreader's review

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This one was boring, skipped a few, nothing caught my attention a few were okay but this one isn't it.

mike_brough's review

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4.0

One of the better Christmas Crime collections.

emdreading's review

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3.0

3.5, enjoyable, cozy Christmas read

gertrudethemoonstone's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

charlottesometimes's review

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

kitschbitsch's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

niamhsewell's review against another edition

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3.25

☃️ The Man with the Sack by Margery Allingham - 4 stars
☃️ The Adventure of the Red Widow by Arthur Conan Doyle - 5 stars
☃️ Camberwell Crackers by Anthony Horowitz - 3 stars
☃️ The Flying Stars by G.K. Chesterton - 3 stars
☃️ A Problem in White by Nicholas Blake - 3 stars
☃️ Loopy by Ruth Rendell - 3 stars
☃️ Morse’s Greatest Mystery by Colin Dexter -  2 stars
☃️ The Jar of Ginger by Gladys Mitchell - 3 stars
☃️ Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces by John Mortimer - 2 stars
☃️ The Problem of Santa’s Lighthouse by Edward Hoch - 3 stars

helloitslauren_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed the short stories; apart from Loopy which I felt wasn't anything to do with Christmas.

bookrobin's review against another edition

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4.0

Really enjoyable read. The stories gave a nice taster of different classic murder mystery writers styles, I'm definately going to search for more of their work after this.