The Christmas Murder Game is an entertaining seasonally-themed read, drawing on the long tradition of the snowed-in country house murder mystery, echoes of the board game "Cluedo" ("Clue" in the US) and the crime fiction trope of the deadly treasure hunt.

Alteras mis alertas y desde los altares relatas letras sin lastre mientras cortas la costra de una herida que adherí en esmerados desamores. This is a clever mystery that feels current with themes of love is love (LGTBQ relationships), while distinctly evoking a Victorian flair, as Lily designs corsets. It was also fun to read close to the holidays!Lily was well developed as a complex and sympathetic character, but the supporting cast less so. The setting, a remote Yorkshire pile isolated by snow drifts and featuring such classic settings as an icehouse, a hedge maze and a woodland chapel in its grounds is extremely well described and evocative. If you like your mystery stories cheesy, predictable and totally implausible then this is the book for you. There were so many things to dislike about this book. The writing style was especially painful in it's over use of simile and metaphor, it was like reading a school exercise in using imagery, totally overdone. The characters were rather flat and conformed to a type. The whole premise of the story was absurd and the ending predictable.

This read like the adult version of The Inheritance Games, which is a YA thriller series with a similar premise, mixed with the beloved game of Cluedo, given the setting and dual mystery that is presented. I was immediately invested in guessing the answers to the riddles, anagrams, and clues that featured throughout this, as well as discovering who, amongst this large cast, could be trusted. Answers to both were definitely had fought for. Although it took me months of plodding through, while finishing one book or another in the meantime, I actually really did enjoy this story . If not, I would surely have hit the pilot eject button early in the game. La originalidad de la propuesta por parte de la autora al plantear juegos y enigmas tanto a los personajes como a los lectores. Me esperaba otro libro, al principio se me hizo un poco bola pero la segunda mitad se hace más amena.So, for the twelve days of Christmas, Lily must stay at Endgame House with her estranged cousins and unravel the riddles that hold the key not just to the family home, but to its darkest secrets. However, it soon becomes clear that her cousins all have their own reasons for wanting to win the house - and not all of them are playing fair. Until, that is, she receives a letter from her aunt promising that the game's riddles will give her the keys not only to Endgame, but to its darkest secrets, including the identity of her mother's murderer.

The interactive element of the book was great fun with some festive puzzles and anagrams for the reader to try and solve. After the death of the family matriarch, eight cousins and in-laws converge on the Armitage family's Yorkshire mansion, Endgame House, for one last round of the traditional "Christmas Game". The stakes are high, as Aunt Liliana's will dictates that the game's winner will become the heir to Endgame House itself. So, this is my insurance policy, delivered by my lawyer. I know you don't want to come to Endgame, or play a silly divertissement. I know that you have absolutely no interest in inheriting the house, even though I dearly wish it to be yours. But I have another reason for asking you to take part in the game. It is time that you learned the truth, and the game is the way I will reveal it. As the weather outside worsens, the various resentments, alliances and shared histories of the protagonists immediately become clear as the cousins reconnect and settle into Endgame. For our heroine, Lily Armitage the Christmas Game provides not only the opportunity to inherit Endgame, but also to solve her mother’s mysterious death 21 years previously. i am late to the...game on this one, but since retailers have trained us to start focusing on christmas the day after thanksgiving (or in SEPTEMBER, if we're talking about michael's), i'm ignoring those heart-shaped boxes of chocolates that are already peppering the drugstore shelves and claiming an extension on christmas in t'other direction, without the panic and only the joy! joy! joy! of it. and, i suppose, also the murrrrrrder.The plot initially captured my attention, but it was the quality of the writing that entirely captivated it. This may not be a style for all readers, as it relies heavily upon simile and metaphor throughout, but I adored how inventive Benedict was with her prose and how vividly she conjured each scene, setting, and character for the reader.

Andamos nómadas y nacimos sin caminos, pero hemos sentido un destino en el que siempre imperes. Conquistadores reconquistados amándose emanados de toneladas de adelantos. THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME was a perfect mix of puzzle-solving, crazy relatives, and murder. Benedict delivers a compelling mystery for the holiday season. So, for the twelve days of Christmas, Lily must stay at Endgame House with her estranged cousins and unravel the riddles that hold the key not just to the family home, but to its darkest secrets. However, it soon becomes clear that her cousins all have their own reasons for wanting to win the house – and not all of them are playing fair.So many classic murder mysteries take place in imposing manors full of traditions. There’s just something undeniably eerie about a large country house with so much space for hiding things – be it bodies, clues, keys or secrets. Benedict makes Endgame House a character in itself – alive with the family’s shared history. At first, Lily finds the house and the memories it brings suffocating, but as she gets closer to discovering the truth of what happened to both her mother and her aunt, it’s as if the house changes and shifts with her, becoming less of a threat and more of an ally.