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Everyone this Christmas has a secret : a festive mystery / Benjamin Stevenson.

ISBN: 9780063412866
ISBN: 0063412861
Physical Description: xi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]

Summary:

My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong. So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional tricksters: masters of the art of misdirection. THE MAGICIAN..THE ASSISTANT..THE EXECUTIVE..THE HYPNOTIST..THE IDENTICAL TWIN..THE COUNSELLOR..THE TECH..My clues are even more abstract: A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it’s Christmas. If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it. After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn’t it?