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The Christmas Murder Game

by Alexandra Benedict

A Christmas mystery built around twelve riddles

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praise from W.C. Ryan: “The perfect Christmas read” with “puzzles galore”

    W.C. Ryan praises the book as a Christmas read and highlights its puzzles.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A Christmas mystery built around twelve riddles

At Endgame House, a family holiday tradition becomes a contest with a murder at its center. Lily Armitage returns to the estate after receiving an invitation from her aunt, who has revived twelve days of riddles leading to a prize: the house keys and a promise to reveal who killed Lily’s mother twenty-one Christmases earlier. Snowbound with estranged cousins, Lily must interpret clues that reach into the family’s past while trying to survive the game. The setup combines a traditional mystery’s question of who is responsible with a puzzle-solving structure and a closed circle of relatives, each described as having something to hide.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy traditional detective mysteries set in a confined group.
  • Readers who like riddles and interactive puzzle elements in a mystery.
  • Readers interested in family secrets and Christmas-set crime fiction.

Themes

Family secretsUnsolved murderTruth and concealmentRiddles and deduction

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Book overview

A locked-room Christmas mystery where riddles reveal deadly family secrets... and the only escape is through the truth.

Fans of Agatha Christie and Lucy Foley will savor its locked-room twists, interactive puzzles, and chilling emotional stakes. Play along, uncover the truth, and beware: at Endgame House, the most dangerous gift is buried in the past.

Lily Armitage never wanted to return to Endgame House. The grand estate holds too many painful memories--including the unsolved murder of her mother, twenty-one Christmases ago.

But when a cryptic invitation arrives, Lily can't ignore it. Her aunt has resurrected the family's infamous holiday tradition: twelve days of riddles, one each day until Twelfth Night. The prize? The keys to Endgame House--and a promise to reveal her mother's killer.

Snowed in with her estranged, scheming cousins and a deadly game underway, Lily must confront the ghosts of her past, decipher riddles that cut to the bone, and survive a chilling race for the truth.

Because at Endgame House, everyone has something to hide. And this Christmas, the truth is worth killing for.

Praise for The Christmas Murder Game:

"Curl up by the fire (and lock all the doors) for this Christmas cracker of a book." --C.S. Green, author of Sleep Tight

"The perfect Christmas read . . . and puzzles galore for both readers and the players of the game." -- W.C. Ryan, author of A House of Ghosts

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