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The Christmas Mystery
The Christmas Mystery: A Detective Luc Moncrief Mystery | James Patterson
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Have yourself a scary little Christmas. In the heart of the holiday season, priceless paintings have vanished from a Park Avenue murder scene. Now, dashing French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal--before a coldblooded killer paints the town red. Merry Christmas, Detective. BookShots LIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading All original content from James Patterson
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Twainy
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🎧 I really enjoyed Detective Luc Moncrief.

The mystery, the inheritance, the friendship between Luc & Catherine. I enjoyed the last 20% of the book. The eating of each course of a 7 course meal at different restaurants was fun.

I ‘m glad that I have a Poirot book coming up.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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wideeyedreader
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Panpan

⭐️⭐️ this was a pretty bad book if you ask me. I hated the main character, and thought that he was, actually, a pretty bad detective and an obvious attempt to be Poirot that did NOT work. #wintergames2020 #merryreaders

Traci1 Totally agree 4y
Jadams89 Agreed - I didn‘t like it! 4y
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Jadams89
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I wasn‘t a big fan of this. It was more about the detective than the mystery, which would normally be fine. When it comes to a Bookshot though, you‘ve only got so many pages to pack a punch and this just fell flat. +226 #MerryReaders #WinterGames #FestiveFlicksBingo #Winterathon #ChristmasSpiritReadathon #LittenListen #CrushtheRush #BookmasBingo #BookishBingo #ChristmasReadathon #TheBookDemocracyBingo #Itscoldoutside

Traci1 I read this one a while back and didn't care for it either. 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I guess they can't all be winners. 4y
Bookgoil Sorry it didn‘t live up to expectations 4y
TheSpineView Bummer!😊📖 4y
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guinsgirlreads
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Mehso-so

Not as fun for me as the other Bookshots I‘ve read.. #christmasread #wintergames #slaybells (21)!

MidnightBookGirl 21 pts! 5y
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Sharpeipup
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BarkingMadRead Enjoy!! 5y
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guinsgirlreads
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I have been waiting to get to this one! Starting it later 🎄! #tbr #wintergames #slaybells

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Charityann
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Finished this #holidayread! Interesting story. If you like Patterson, you‘ll like this one. #wintergames #christmasreads #tmskellington @Crimson613 @StayCurious @Clwojick 😊🎄📖

coffees 21pts! 5y
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JenlovesJT47
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This is tough because I generally don‘t like super cold weather and am perfectly content with my family in Florida. But...if we‘re living in a fantasy world here, I‘d go with jetting off to Paris on Christmas Eve and dining at several five-star restaurants with my rich and handsome friend, a la the tagged book. 😆 Why not? 🎄

#WinterGames
#TMSkellington

coffees 6pts! This sounds like a GREAT plan xD 5y
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megnews
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The best thing about this book was its fast pace. The mystery was solved by 50% and then a romance. Sort of? I‘m not a lover of mystery anymore. Perhaps I would have enjoyed this more when I was younger and into the genre.

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JenlovesJT47
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Well, November is here and I‘ve already finished my first Christmas book! 😬 Thought I might as well get started early! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Some of these bookshots are hit or miss, but I love the ones with the French detective Luc Moncrief and his very American partner, K. Burke. These are short and well-paced, and we even got to take a quick jaunt to Paris for Christmas Eve. Love these characters. 4⭐️

#Christmas

🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄

peaKnit I love holiday reads, just finished one today too! 5y
ShelleyBooksie Thank you for posting a review! I have read a few book shots and love how quick they are. I had not seen this one. 5y
JenlovesJT47 @ShelleyBooksie there are three bookshots in the Luc Moncrief series. This is the second, there‘s also French Twist and French Kiss. Can‘t remember which is first. Incidentally I read them completely out of order and it didn‘t detract from anything. 😆😁 5y
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JenlovesJT47 @peaknit awesome! Do you have a favorite Christmas book? I read a couple of the same ones every year that are my faves but I also love reading new ones. The first two books in the Winter Street series are awesome! 5y
peaKnit @JenlovesJT47 I love the Winter Street series. Her Paradise series is winter but not holiday really. I like Sugar Queen, more winter than Xmas but good. I‘m always on the hunt for my holiday reads:) I bought No One Cancels Christmas today, gets decent reviews and it‘s on sale for kindle! 5y
JenlovesJT47 @peaknit thank you so much for the recommendations!! 🤗 5y
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Clwojick
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I could‘ve saved this one until Christmas, but my hold came up... so I figured I‘d listen to it early. As always, I love these BookShots and want to get my hands on ALL of them! Enjoyable and fast paced. #TeamSlaughter

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Marni
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So far I‘m enjoying this bookshot a lot more than the $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal. Great short audiobook, enjoying the narrator!

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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Quick read and fast paced. I love these Bookshots stories, just enjoyable and relaxing reading.

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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My current read. I placed this on my hold list and it came it yesterday. I guess it's better than never! 😂

BibliophileMomma Hope it's good! I bought on kindle a few days ago for 99 cents. 🙂 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess @Tiffness83 I like it so far. They are really quick reads.😉 8y
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MrBook
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Here I go again with a quick bout of books for last-minute gifts courtesy of library patron popularity 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! This week we received a bundle of James Patterson's #bookshots. I like the idea of these little ones, do you? And a #Christmas one is apropos for the moment, yes? #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

readinginthedark I like the idea, but it's basically a novella or short story, right? And everyone's going crazy! Talk about genius marketing! 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess Still waiting for this one as my library just ordered it and I am on the hold list. Maybe Christmas in July when I read it?😀 8y
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