The Twelve Days of Murder

De: Andreina Cordani

Narrado por: Ella Lynch

Twelve years ago, eight friends ran an exclusive group at university: the Masquerade Murder Society. The mysteries they solved may have been grisly, and brilliantly staged, but they were always fictional—until their final Christmas Masquerade, when one of the group disappeared, never to be seen again.

Now our privileged young cast of old university friends are summoned to the depths of Scotland for a Christmas-themed masquerade party. But all are hiding something deep below the surface that could make or break their careers.

When they arrive, each is assigned a new identity themed around the Twelve Days of Christmas—they become Lady Partridge or Mr. Gold, Lord Leapworth or Doctor Swan. The game begins, and it feels just like old times—until the next morning, when Lady Partridge is found hanging, dead, from a pear tree.

It quickly becomes clear that in this game the murder will be all too real, and the story is bringing long-hidden secrets to the surface. If the group hopes to win the game and survive until Christmas morning, they will need to face the truth about their history together and who they have become—and what really happened on that fateful night twelve years before.

©2023 Andreina Cordani (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

Kept me on the edge of my seat!

I was pleasantly surprised by this mystery! The narrator is mainly one character, but some chapters give a look into other players perspective of things. Everyone has a good motive for this mystery and has you guessing who and why throughout the whole story.

A Good Christmas murder story!

There’s nothing like a good Christmas mystery. This one holds the reader’s interest, even with the usual “why aren’t they either staying together or getting out of there” problem (of course there is the obligatory blizzard). The characters are varied and interesting. I gave the story four stars because of the “Deus ex Machina” ending. The reader was very good.

Woman Finds Old Frenemies Are Terrible People

Some interesting details and plot twists, but characters not really believable; in addition, there's no one to really identify with and root for, as the bodies pile up.

GrI at twist

Slow start but I loved the twist. Did not expect that one! Great read/listen. Highly recommend worth the read!

Really hard to get into

Took me forever to finish…hard to get into, didn’t care about characters. The 2 timelines was interesting though…