A review by traceyroberts
Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton is a festive murder mystery with a difference.  A true Christmas cracker of a read. 

Anna wakes up Christmas Eve morning after their annual party with the worst hangover, a dead santa in her larder and what's worse is her in laws are coming to stay for Christmas.  When the police arrive it's obvious that they are more interested in getting back to the station for their Christmas pies than solving the murder. So Anna and friend Jennie are left to solve the murder themselves.  They get their murder boards out and work through their suspect list.  Will they find our who stabbed Santa with a knife from Anna's sabatier set (you can't buy individual replacements you know) 

This was the funniest festive book that I didn't know I needed to read.  It's a brilliantly plotted whodunit, completely bonkers at times and told in a light, quirky and engaging way.  Jo Middleton is an author I haven't read before but I'm looking to reading more from her soon.  

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for providing me with a copy to read and review.