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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

By: Alexandra Benedict
Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
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THIS CHRISTMAS, A KILLER TAKES FAMILY GAMES TO A MURDEROUS NEW LEVEL.

On 19th of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner and Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her doorstep. Unwrapping it, she finds a jigsaw box and, inside, six jigsaw pieces. When fitted together, the pieces show part of a crime scene – blood-spattered black and white tiles and part of an outlined body. Included in the parcel is a message: ‘Four, maybe more, people will be dead by midnight on Christmas Eve, unless you can put all the pieces together and stop me.’ It’s signed, Rest In Pieces.

Edie contacts her nephew, DI Sean Brand-O’Sullivan, and together they work to solve the clues. But when a man is found near death with a jigsaw piece in his hand, Sean fears that Edie might be in danger and shuts her out of the investigation. As the body count rises, however, Edie knows that only she has the knowledge to put together the killer’s murderous puzzle.

Only by fitting all the pieces together will Edie be able to stop a killer – and finally lay her past to rest.

©2023 Alexandra Benedict (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, UK Amateur Sleuths Cosy Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Winter Christmas Crime Game

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I didn't realise I'd bought a book for octogenarians. It's peppered with lots of digs at "young people" by the annoying and bitter protagonist, who is a massive know-it-all... and not in a good detective way. Having a rude lead character makes it hard to like them, even if the rudeness is intended. The Dorset setting at Christmas was a strong point and the overall story was gripping enough to keep me interested, but I was hoping for something that the reader could solve along with the story, but there didn't seem to be enough clues for this.

An Old Person's Book

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Really enjoyed this! Loved the protagonist especially as it was a feisty 80 yr old.
The pace, the narration and the plot were great and i loved every minute of it.

ENJOYABLE!

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Lovely characters, amazing story .Loved it.More Edie's stories please.Loved the perfect ending.Merry Christmas Edie.Great Murder mystery.

lovely Christmas story

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reader brilliant brought the characters to life just as I imagine then in my head

the characters and story

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If you’re going to write a book involving teaching, it’s a good idea to research it. The idea that anyone could be qualified to teach: Art, History, English and Maths at secondary level is just ridiculous!

Lack of research

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brilliant book. plot great kept me interested and wanting ti find out more. really warmed to Edie

Excellent

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Really enjoyed the story, the characters and the twists and turns. Nice easy listening especially for long journeys.

Really Enjoyed This

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Enjoyable but a bit lacking.. expected so much more. Main character is not really likable and very stubborn. Which makes it harder to get really into. Plot was a bit all over the place and when we finally got to the conclusion i just didn’t find it very believable. All of this for the killer to be… how to say this, just not convincing. Motive not good enough and also not matching the characters narrative.

However i did like most of the characters. They felt original and unique. So i had hoped a bit more of a plot twist from a closer acquaintance.

Passable

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What a great story! A feisty & sassy main character! I’d love her to be my aunt!

Love!

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Excellent work , great story line, and very interesting story too, awesome old lady detective and gran

The plots

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