The Advent of Death
Behind every door, a crime - and the last one could be murder
$35.10
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
The ingenious new Christmas crime novel from Alexandra Benedict, the ‘Queen of the Christmas Mystery’ (Financial Times).
When Edie O’Sullivan receives an invitation from an old friend to spend a pre-Christmas break in the picturesque town of Rye, she jumps at the chance to escape - and reconnect. But when she arrives with her wife, Riga, it quickly becomes clear this is no festive getaway.
Edie hasn’t been invited for comfort, but for help.
Four days earlier, her frien…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398532250 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398532258 |
| Author: | Alexandra Benedict |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Alexandra Benedict
Alexandra (A. K.) Benedict is a bestselling, award-winning writer of short stories, novels, and scripts. Educated at Cambridge, Sussex, and Clown School, Alexandra has been an indie-rock singer, an actor, an RLF Fellow, and a composer for film and TV. She has also taught and run the prestigious MA in Crime Thrillers at City University. She is now a full-time writer and creative coach.
As A. K. Benedict, she writes acclaimed short stories, high-concept novels, and award-winning audio drama for Big Finish, Audible UK, Audible US, and BBC Sounds, among others. She won the Scribe Award for her Doctor Who radio drama The Calendar Man, and was shortlisted for the eDunnit Novel Award for The Beauty of Murder and the BBC Audio Drama Podcast Award for Children of the Stones.
As Alexandra Benedict, she writes puzzle-filled Christmas mysteries. The Christmas Murder Game and Murder on the Christmas Express were both bestsellers, and The Christmas Murder Game was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Her first festive thriller to feature Edie O’Sullivan, The Christmas Jigsaw Murders, was published in 2023.
She lives on the south coast of England with writer Guy Adams, their daughter Verity, and dog Dame Margaret Rutherford.
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