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This Barnes & Noble 5.00 read is a holly of a read so far!🎄

Reading a murder mystery for Christmas 🎄

I fell for the B&N marketing ploy and got this for $5. The last time I did this, I wasn‘t disappointed.

Well this one didn‘t end up where I expected! I enjoyed it, though the main character‘s casual pettiness and 1950s prejudices were annoying, even in a period mystery. I don‘t have much patience for it. I really enjoyed the audiobook narrator and loved my #immersionreading of print + audio. (And no, it‘s not really a holiday book 🤨)

Sustenance at #MellowMushroom with raspberry beer and new #holidaymystery

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Today‘s haiku is inspired by taking time from errands & crowds (Ack, people!! 😱) to sip on a holiday latte & read a little at the Barnes & Noble Cafe. The tagged book is the $5 December special. I think it will be fun to read next month. (Yes, may have purchased a couple of magazines & a blanket too…)🤷🏻‍♀️

Stop, Drop & Read

An errand nearby
Led to a bookstore sojourn
Respite for reading

Yesterday, I went to @barnesandnoble. The Christmas things are out and I picked up this ornament and tree topper. Since my move and having a very small apartment, my Christmas things will stay with my sons so this will be my Christmas tree this year.

I also picked up the five dollar cafe book.

Reissue from Poisoned Pen Press Out in October - new, fun mystery that‘s a bit like a cross between The Secret Adversary and Albert Campion. https://itsallaboutthebook.org/2025/09/03/murder-at-holly-house-by-denzil-meyric...

4/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

“Note to self: don‘t get ill on a Thursday. The doctor will be plastered.”

#crime #mystery #english #christmas

Having read book 2 in this series, I decided I should read the first one! Although having pretty cover, being released in November and set in the week before Christmas 1952, this isn‘t a typical festive crime novel, but the narrator is amusing and tells a good tale, so I enjoyed it.

First in a festive crime series. I‘ve read the second but not yet read this one 🤦‍♀️

#Holly
#ChristmasCheer
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

December this year is going to be about Christmas mysteries! I usually do this for the week before the holiday - but I‘m desperate for the holiday feeling to be longer this year!

Thought I was crossing a standalone off of my tbr, therefore making it one book shorter (I add the next in a series as I start the one I'm currently reading), but noooooo. Turns out this is going to be a series now so that's one more added.

Doesn't it stink when we have to leave our happy place and handle our grown-up responsibilities?

Looks like a festive mystery, right?

You'd be forgiven for thinking that, but this wasn't all that festive.

Still, Inspector Grasby is a funny narrator. His lively, amusing patter made this an enjoyable read from start to finish, which made up for the lacklustre mystery.

I hate it when Intelligence get mixed up in a murder mystery. Having finished, I still can't tell you whose side everyone was on, or even how many sides there were.

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The prompts are so good! I want to do #cloakanddaggerchristmas @Ruthiella 💕 I always enjoy it...

The thing is, can I make it gel with my other December project... reading Christmas mysteries so I can make a review video 🤔

Loving all your suggestions, folks! You're making me feel so festive 🥳🔪🌰🎄🎁✨️🧣🔎📚🔨🩸🎅🏻

What a departure for this author from his series set in Kinloch. This was set a few years after the Second World War and involved a disgraced detective sent to solve a brawl in and murder in a remote village. This one took a while to get going, but soon had me fully hooked. An interesting ending to the book. I get the impression this could be the first in a new series and I really hope so.

A superbly written book.