The Advent of Death

£19 · Offered by Goldsboro Books

The ingenious new Christmas crime novel from Alexandra Benedict, the ‘queen of cosy Christmas crime’ (James Lovegrove, Financial Times ) Edie O’Sullivan has no time for murder. With her wedding to Riga fast approaching, she is determined to ignore the desperate call from Anne, a former pupil, begging her to come to Rye. Anne – now the town crier – has received a strange gift: a handcrafted wooden advent calendar shaped like the town itself. At first, it seems like a charming curiosity. Then the doors begin to open. 1 December: a break-in at 1 High Street. 2 December: a burglary at 2 East Street. 3 December: ABH at 3 Eagle Street. Each door opened. Each crime escalating. Then a body is discovered. Edie can no longer dismiss Anne’s fears. Leaving Riga and the wedding preparations behind, she heads to Rye – where the festive streets hide a deadly design. As Christmas approaches and the body count rises, Edie must decipher the calendar’s murderous pattern before the final door is opened.

• Binding: Hardcover

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