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DECEMBER BUDDY READ
EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A SECRET by Benjamin Stevenson
My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.
So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional tricksters: masters of the art of misdirection.
THE MAGICIAN
THE ASSISTANT
THE EXECUTIVE
THE HYPNOTIST
THE IDENTICAL TWIN
THE COUNSELLOR
THE TECH
My clues are even more abstract: A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it’s Christmas.
If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it.
After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn’t it?
*Description from Goodreads
Genre: Contemporary Mystery
Content Warnings: Murder, Blood, Death, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse
Reading Breakdown
Discord channels are organized by part to minimize spoilers and keep the chat going while reading.
1 - Beginning to End of Chapter 8
2 - Chapter 9 to End of Chapter 19
3 - Chapter 20 to End
Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret
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