'The Christmas Murder Game' tells us the story of Lily Armitage who - twenty-one Christmasses ago - found her mother dead in the maze in the grounds of Endgame House, the grand house that has been in her family for years. Traumatised, she never returned, but now she has to. Her aunt Liliana died, and she has planned a series of riddles with Endgame House as the ultimate prize. For Lily, the stakes are even higher, because Liliana promised her that answers could be won. Answers about questions she doesn't even dare to ask herself.
Twelve days of Christmas, twelve clues concealed in sonnets, and twelve hidden keys. As tensions run high between Lily and her estranged cousins, it becomes clear that someone is willing to kill for Endgame House. As the snow begins to fall and the house is cut off, it becomes clear that Lily is trapped with a killer.
What do I make of the book? Can it replace Agatha Christie's 'A Christie for Christmas'?
Well, Agatha Christie was shaped by the Victorian Age and thus wrote Victorianesque: sparse with words. Alexandra Benedict is different. She writes as if words wanted to bubble out of her and all her sentences are shaped like little poems. 'The Christmas Murder Game' is an absolute masterpiece.
I wouldn't be surprised if Lily Armitage is the alter ego of Alexandra Benedict as both have an inate love of puzzles and both are absolutely lovely.
Buy and read 'The Christmas Murder Game' and your Christmas (or any other day of the year) is saved.
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