Murder Most Festive, Ada Moncrieff
Murder Most Festive, Ada Moncrieff
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Murder Most Festive

Author: Ada Moncrieff

Series: Christmas Mystery

Narrator: Gabrielle Baker

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/18/2025


Synopsis

The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery!Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen . . . and then disaster strikes.Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs the bedrooms are made up ready for their occupants. But one bed will lie empty that night . . . Come Christmas morning, guest David Campbell-Scott is found lying dead in the snow, with only a hunting rifle lying beside him and one set of footprints leading to the body. But something doesn't seem right to amateur sleuth Hugh Gaveston. Campbell-Scott had just returned from the East with untold wealth—why would he kill himself? Hugh sets out to investigate . . . and what he finds is more shocking than he ever could have expected.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Teresa on May 25, 2025

This was a read for my brother's book club and he passed it to me. I was well into the story before I realised it was a debut novel. I would never have guessed as it was so well written. There were some great witty moments in it too so it was a lighthearted murder mystery. The country house setting......more

Goodreads review by Jenni on November 14, 2022

I really enjoyed this book but the author used so many long/clever/unusual words that I was left feeling rather stupid by the end of the book, and it wasn't a great feeling. I consider myself to have a fairly good vocabulary but I was looking up words every 10 pages. I do love to extend my vocabular......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on November 15, 2020

This is a fairly formulaic murder mystery - the historical setting adds a bit of interest, and there were moments I did enjoy, but I'm afraid I felt the writing was a bit clunky and I wasn't sure I would read until the end. I did, but the resolution didn't feel particularly special. It felt a bit li......more