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Ruthiella
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A soft pick. The plot is a little strained and there was too much mysticism for my taste.

On Christmas Eve, six passengers on a train which has been stalled due to the snow decide to walk to the next train station but find themselves instead taking shelter in a manor house where the fires are lit, the tea is laid but no one is home…murder and mystery ensue…

Read for #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

Bookwomble This plot sounds like what happened to me in 1991, the year of "the wrong type of snow", when I and a trainload of other commuters had to abandon train as it had been stuck for several hours, and we had to walk along the tracks a few miles to the next station. Sadly, no manor house with tea laid on, but also no murders, so swings and roundabouts ?‍♂️ 2d
Ruthiella @Bookwomble I‘d say you lucked out there. I definitely prefer my murderous adventures to be on the page only! 2d
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kwmg40
Off With His Head | Ngaio Marsh
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In this Inspector Alleyn mystery, Alleyn investigates a grisly murder that happens during the performance of a ritual English folk dance and mummer's play to celebrate the Winter Solstice.

I'm using this for my final prompt of #52bookclub24, “Set during a holiday you don't celebrate,“ and with this, I've completed my 2024 challenge!

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majkia
Death of a Busybody | George Bellairs
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Fun stroll through old England during the war, as a nosy Parker, who harrasses the people of her village about their sinful ways, is found dead, face down in a cess pool. Littlejohn meets eccentric character after eccentric character in search of the killer.

#ReadYourKindle @CBee

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majkia
Death of a Busybody | George Bellairs
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BarbaraJean
Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland
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It‘s the last #BookSpin day of 2024! Thank you, Sarah, for running this challenge—I look forward to it every month! My last two spins of the year are: a mystery from my Kindle TBR (I‘d love to use it for the #christmascrimechallenge if I can make it fit a prompt), and one from my library list that I‘ve been meaning to read forever (and it fits a year I need for #192025). Looking forward to squeezing these into my already-full December!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I liked The Dean's Watch, although like the other Goudge books I've read it isn't exactly full of action 😂 But she can write such real people - I don't know, her books seem like ones I would find boring and uninteresting, but she completely pulls me in. 2w
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I‘ve only read Elizabeth Goudge‘s children‘s books before! This one has been on my list because I‘ve seen glowing reviews, but also because it‘s set in a fictional version of Ely, the English town I lived in as a child. This version of the cover features the Octagon tower of Ely Cathedral, which gives me so much joy!! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Oh wow, that is amazingly cool! A lot of the book is describing the town, almost as its own character, so being able to match that with real-life experiences would be amazing. I've also read and LOVED The Scent of Water, and read and quite liked The Rosemary Tree.

Do you still live in England??
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BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Oooh, now I‘m really looking forward to the town descriptions!! I don‘t still live in England—I just wish I did! My dad was a civilian contractor for the USAF at the time and we were there for 6 years, but moved back to California when I was 9 (which is where I ended up). I‘ve been back to Ely several times to visit and dream of moving back someday! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Oh that makes sense!! I was thinking that you were in the US all this time, so you threw me off by having a childhood English village 😂 2w
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Hahaha... you are correct in thinking that I have been in the US all this time! I just have a sneaky international past 😂 2w
TheAromaofBooks Very international spy of you 😆 2w
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RebeccaRoo7
The Santa Klaus Murder | Mavis Doriel Hay
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Had a really relaxing time last night with Christmas piano tunes, candles, a comfy blanket, and a holiday themed whodunnit. Sometimes, I think the older I get, the more time it takes to create these moments.

#Christmas #murder #mystery #winter #readKY #ebook #home #relaxation #quiet #raremoments

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LeahBergen
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Friday night at my house!

willaful Oh my goodness, I am so jealous of that Kitty Barne book! 3w
CarolynM @willaful Me too, it looks fab! 3w
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BarbaraBB Perfection 🥰 3w
LeahBergen @willaful @CarolynM It‘s my first by this author and so good! A group of pre WW2 children are sent to a rented holiday house over Christmas with their “young and happening” aunt and decide to put on a play. 3w
LeahBergen @dabbe @BarbaraBB I‘m enjoying myself immensely 😆 3w
Cathythoughts Looks nice there Leah ! 🥂 3w
TrishB Lovely ❤️ 3w
Tamra Beautiful seasonal reading! 2w
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majkia
Death of a Busybody | George Bellairs
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#ReadYourKindle for December. December!

@CBee

CBee It‘s hard to believe it‘s almost December! 3w
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Born.A.Reader
Death of a Bookseller | Bernard Farmer
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#bookhaul from yesterday's venture to the bookstore. Never heard the tagged book before.

Cuilin I just finished it. I liked it, good mystery. 1mo
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