The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Jodi Taylor
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Jodi Taylor
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
A Christmas Short-Story Collection

Author: Jodi Taylor

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis, Zara Ramm

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 12/01/2023

Synopsis

In the always eventful worlds of Jodi Taylor, it's never Christmas without illegal expeditions, riotous misbehaviour and stories you just can't put down . . .

This festive collection takes readers from Frogmorton Farm to Time Police HQ via the Institute of Historical Research at St Mary's in five (and a bit) short stories. A Bumper Bundle of Christmas tales collected together for the very first time.

Includes a Christmas message from the author herself and an exclusive new St Mary's scene, 'A Storm in a Teacup'

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Why is Nothing Ever Simple? For once, this Christmas jump is perfectly legal - though that doesn't make it any less dangerous. It's Major Guthrie's last, and to the Battle of Bannockburn, no less.

The Ordeal of the Haunted Room Who wouldn't jump at the chance to experience an authentic Victorian Christmas? Complete with a murderous ghost and one terrifying night in a terrible storm.

The Toast of Time Max and Markham prepare for their very first Christmas away from St Mary's, sure to be full of Peace and Goodwill to all men . . . plus Fabergé eggs, legendary swords and a belligerent ram.

Santa Grint It all begins when the Time Police hold their first Christmas Party. Their most dangerous mission yet.

Joy to the World When things take a unseasonably tricky turn on Frogmorton Farm, only Thomas can step in to save Christmas day . . .

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(P) 2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Jodi Taylor

LOSE TRACK OF TIME IN THE WORLD OF JODI TAYLORJodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of over thirty novels and more short stories than you can shake a stick at. Her Chronicles of St Mary's series follows a bunch of disaster-prone individuals who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! She is also the author of the Time Police books. Set in the same world as St Mary's, this spinoff charts the highs and lows of an all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the Timeline straight no matter what the cost. Efficient and disciplined, obviously they're nothing like St Mary's. Except when they are. And when a short story set in the same world accidentally grew into a full-length novel, the Smallhope & Pennyroyal series was born, following the adventures of two unlikely partners in crime.Jodi is also known for her gripping supernatural thrillers featuring the mysterious Elizabeth Cage together with the enchanting Frogmorton Farm series - a fairy story for adults. Born in Bristol and now living in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and write a book. And then another twenty nine after that. And she hasn't finished yet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pauline on June 23, 2024

Another collection of Christmas themed short stories. In one of them, Max, Markham, and Peterson take refuge in a Victorian mansion (perhaps haunted) after Peterson sprains or breaks his ankle. It involves a closed room mystery which is not that hard to figure out and some stock figures such as the......more

Goodreads review by Mel on January 23, 2024

I read this book over the Christmas holidays and it is a collection of short stories. These stories are Christmas themed, but with a modern twist. I must say, I did find these stories, a little hard to follow at times due to the list of characters that are given at the beginning of each story. I feel......more

Goodreads review by Julian on February 10, 2024

On kobo: 361 pages Third collection of (mostly) Christmas themed St Mary's short stories, plus a couple of other entries. This, together with the 2023 Christmas Pie episode and three short shorts from her blog means that I'm now up to date - and awaiting the new book(s)... A Storm in a Teacup - new for......more

Goodreads review by Julia on December 25, 2023

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Jody Taylor is a collection of funny Christmas stories. They are all set around the cast of the main series, but if you don't mind spoilers for the other books, they can all be read on their own as well! I do believe they are best if you have read at least the......more

Goodreads review by Gail on May 28, 2024

The annual Christmas gift from author Jodi Taylor. This volume has a selection of St. Mary's short stories that usually aren't available in print form, only audible format. I had read most of them before, but there were a couple of new ones included; one a Time Police Christmas story called Santa Gr......more

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