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The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, October 2024
by Ally Carter

Avon
384 pages
ISBN: 0063276682
EAN: 9780063276680
Hardcover
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The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Ally Carter

Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel
Posted September 23, 2024

Romance Comedy | Romance Suspense

Maggie Chase hates Christmas. She has no family. Her parents died when she was in college. Her ex-husband cheated on her with her best friend. She plans to spend the holiday alone – writing her next book. But when a mysterious invitation arrives to spend Christmas in England, her editor forces her to accept.


Eleanor Ashely is the Duchess of Death and the reason Maggie writes mysteries. Maggie can’t believe her good fortune – even if it means spending the holiday with fellow author Ethan Wyatt, her arch nemesis.


A snowstorm rolls in overnight, cutting the house off from the rest of the world. In the morning, the family discovers that Eleanor is missing. She was last seen in her office, which was locked from the inside. There are no footprints outside the window.


Maggie and Ethan are concerned.  None of the family seems distraught at the disappearance. Is Eleanor in danger? Did she leave clues behind for her author friends to follow? Just when Maggie thinks she’s onto something, someone tries to kill her. Can she trust Ethan enough to work together to solve this mystery?


The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year is the second adult Ally Carter book. It’s inspired by Agatha Christie’s disappearance. This enemies-to-lovers book has all the banter one expects from an Ally Carter novel.   This romance/mystery contains secret rooms, poison gardens, and family motives. If you’re not a fan of Ally Carters, you will be after reading this book!

 

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SUMMARY

Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.

The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room two days before Christmas.

Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt:

She’s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery.

He’s Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy.

She hates his guts.

He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she’s told him otherwise.)

But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself.

That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone.

She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust?

As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth—and each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor.

Assuming they don’t kill each other first.


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