For Adults
Faber are offering 3 lucky library reading groups the chance to win a set of up to 10 finished copies each of seasonal crime story The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson for their December book club meeting.
To enter, please contact phoebe.williams@faber.co.uk and let us know why you think your group would enjoy reading The Christmas Clue. Please note that this offer is open to library reading groups only. The deadline for applications is Monday 10 November.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Christmas Eve, 1943. Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery game β and instead discover a real murder.
The Pratts had planned for festive cheer, despite the wartime shortages: with Elva’s map of the hotel and Anthony’s prop weapons to use as clues, the guests in their parlour game would move through the rooms to figure out whodunnit.
But when Anthony discovers the cook’s sister Miss Silver beaten to death, they instead find themselves investigating a shockingly real crime. The hotel manager Mr Browning is trying to keep the peace but the guests are agitated, Colonel Colman is about to take over the hotel for the war effort – and the mysterious Mrs Threadgold hasn’t been seen at all.
In games, there’s only one victim β but this is real life. Can the Pratts puzzle out this Christmas mystery before it’s too late?
‘A perfect Christmas crime story β atmospheric and chilling.’ ELLY GRIFFITHS
