The Christmas Cracker Killer
The new fiendishly clever Christmas mystery from the bestselling author of Murder on the Christmas Express
$50.88
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2025
Summary
IT’S THE MOST MURDEROUS TIME OF THE YEAR…
Puzzle compiler and former Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan returns in the newest seasonal mystery from bestselling author and ‘Queen of the Christmas Mystery’ Alexandra Benedict.
When Edie O’Sullivan wins a two-day Christmas break in a hotel on a remote Scottish island, she’s looking forward to a picture-perfect Christmas full of winter walks, roaring fires, good books and even better whisky.
But when a guest…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398532212 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398532215 |
| Author: | Alexandra Benedict |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘Fiendishly festive’ MY WEEKLY
‘Puzzle fans will love this’ CRIME MONTHLY
‘There are plenty of red herrings to throw a reader, and it remains a lot of fun throughout’ BELFAST TELEGRAPH
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, as well as teaching and running 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, of which 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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