Death Comes At Christmas - A collection of short crime stories

If you like short stories, reading crime and Christmas - this is the book for you.

I thoroughly enjoyed dipping in and out of this collection of short festive stories from a myriad of great crime authors. It's a perfect gift for friends and family who like to read books of a darker nature and its perfect over the holiday season when it can be challenging to sit down with a novel because of everything else going on. With this book, if time is limited, you can treat yourself to one story. If you do find some uninterrupted reading space, you can keep going to find out what festive theme will be explored in the next story. 

Like most short story collections where more than one author contributes, there are some I loved and others which were fine but didn't necessarily quite hit the mark for me. But that's books in general. We can't all like the same things and what a  boring world it would be if we did. One of the other advantages is that this collection will help you find new authors and you can check out their back catalogue.

Some of my favourites were:

How to commit murder in a book shop by C L Taylor
Christmas yet to come by Helen Fields
Last Christmas by Fiona Cummins
Postmarked Murder by Susie Holliday
A deadly gift by Angela Clarke
Marley's Ghost by Sarah Hilary

My absolute favourite was Icarus by Belinda Bauer. As a writer as well as a reader, this felt like a masterclass in achieving something very moving, Christmas and crime themed in very few words. It was marvellous story.

Death comes at Christmas is out now, so you can purchase it in time for the holidays as a gift for others or for yourself.