MixedI only give it a three but the first half of it was so good. The second half of it was just a little bit boring
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The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year (2024)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive 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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Loved itThe Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ali Carter, which is why I listened to Blonde Identity because I love this one this much.
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Loved itOn the other side, the one that was the easiest to read was voted at the most wonderful crime of the year, which makes absolute sense. It's an urban book to begin with, so it's a contemporary. We don't have to learn any other world, and it's written in a very easy prose.
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Loved itSo they have to team up together to find her and they fall in love in the process. So, if you like that kind of like cozy mansion setting, mystery, fall in love, this is perfect.
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Loved itHonestly this book was a blast. This is like a closed door Christmas murder mystery romance story, the combination of genres was like delightful and fun and earnestly like I have no real major complaints about this book.
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