Title: The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Author: Ally Carter
Genre: Mystery/ Romance
Published: 2024
Description: The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most
famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three
days before Christmas.
Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt. She’s the new queen of the Cozy
Mystery, he’s the big-time thriller guy. She hates his guts. He thinks her name
is Marcie.
But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas
house part at the Englishestate of a reclusice 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 if they have any hope of saving Eleanor.
Review: A Christmas mystery, it’s the perfect time to read that. It was compared
to “Knives Out” which is one of my all-time favorite movies, so I was excited.
We meet Maggie, who is the author of cozy mystery novels. She is a huge
fan of Eleanor Ashley, a mystery writer who inspired Maggie to become an author
herself. She is invited to a Christmas gathering in a huge estate, together
with Ethan Wyatt, a thriller author who she absolutely despises. When they
arrive, they find out it was actually Eleanor Ashley who invited them, but they
have no idea why. The next morning, three days before Christmas, Eleanor goes
missing and Maggie and Ethan have to work together to solve the mystery.
The book started off so strong, I was eating it up and couldn’t put it
down. I loved the banter between Maggie and Ethan. And I love stories about
authors. I found the mystery itself interesting at first, but they seemed to deviate
from this more and more. Focusing more on the tension and romance between
Maggie and Ethan. Which is okay, I guess, but I wanted more mystery and the
romance element to be present just a little less. And it got way too sugar
sweet and cheesy for me. I do feel that this is a perfect Christmas read, with all
the festive vibes and winter atmosphere. And I do see the “Knives Out” comparison,
but the mystery in “The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year” is not even close to
being as interesting as “Knives Out” is.
In the end, it was a fun read, but I wished it had more mystery and less
romance.
Rating: 3/ 5
Author: Ally Carter
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 if they have any hope of saving Eleanor.
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