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And what is Annie's uncle Bill's role in the grand scheme of things, he's arrived early to spend Christmas with Annie and James but seems to be acting oddly? Add the last scrap to the photo and find out about Freddie, who is likely the Christmas Killer. That’s the end of December 22! Go downstairs. Put all the telescope pieces together and look outside. Find four signs and take note of them.
A sincere thank you to the publisher, author and Netgalley for providing me with an ebook copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. Fantastic read. When detective James Walker moves to a Cumbrian house, with his wife Annie, it appears to be a quiet life, compared to the Met in London. How wrong that turns out to be. For a serial killer is stalking the village, and their modus operandum is to give messages on Christmas cards, and strike. A classic whodunnit, with many suspects.
I put in the code to open the bedroom door in chapter 2 (day19) and now the code won’t come off so I can go into the bedroom. Help! The Christmas Killer tells the story of DI James Walker and his wife, who have left the stresses of life in the Metropolitan Police. Threats linked to a previous case of DI Walker's persuades him to move to the sleepy village of Kirkby Abbey in Cumbria, his wife's childhood home. They are soon to discover that Kirkby Abbey has many deep and dark secrets - and there is a killer on the loose who is set on taking the lives of the holders of those secrets. A cat and mouse game is on with DI Walker who is taunted by the killer's use of Christmas cards to hint at what is to come. This is the first book in a series about DI James Walker, who moves with his wife to the sleepy village of Kirkby Abbey. But the village proves to be anything but peaceful when he receives a Christmas card from a killer threatening to kill twelve people in twelve days.
This book has it all. Suspense, twists and turns and a little Christmas thrown in. DI James Walker is on the receiving end of a 12 days of Christmas card, suggesting there will be 12 murders in 12 days. Can James find the killer before that happens? A blizzard is on the way and that will complicate things even more for this small town.I really liked this thriller. It had me suspecting almost everyone and I had my reasons why each person might have been the murderer (and in the end I was right!). Although I did find the second half of the book to be slower and sometimes just dragging. But overall, a great first in a series. The book has the usual cast of village characters: The friendly publican, the spinster school ma'am, the priest and the ostracised 'other'. From these and others suspicions abound. There were times I was convinced that I knew the identity of the Christmas Killer and was wrong, other times I, with hindsight, got it right, but dissuaded myself. Select the Paper Cup from the inventory and fill it with water using the tap on the left side of the fridge.
Return to the first room, add both batteries to the box, and light up the tree to see images on glowing bulbs. My only critique is the professionalism and procedures of the investigation. It all seemed to be informal, based on visiting peoples homes. I wonder if the reality would be quite the same or would these interviews would have made more of an impact in a police station with lawyers. Just that there is nothing festive about it. His ambition is to kill 12 people in 12 days. In his mind they all deserve to die and by doing this he’s giving the community the greatest Christmas gift ever. Maybe it’s because I am a complete Christmas Elf myself, but there is something about the atmosphere of an English Christmas that always appeals to me, and to me, Alex Pine captured the atmosphere of an English village at Christmastime beautifully. Granted, the language was sometimes a little bit stilted – I honestly don’t think people speak quite as formally as Pine’s characters do – but the book read easily and I zoomed through it, finding it an easy and engaging read all round.Here, another interesting aspect has been added to the crime/mystery genre, which is the tedious investigations and meetings police must have to find the best course of action of finding a murderer/serial killer. Which may sound boring to some, bad when a killer claims to be hunting down twelve victims and a winter storm isolates a tiny village from outside help, pressure builds and nobody is safe, the novel becomes fairly chaotic. The card game was pretty easy. I started out by getting rid of my low cards. I selected the card I wanted, waited until Everett’s hand was over the cards on my right, then tapped my card a second time to play the hand. Usually I got one of his high-scoring cards; sometimes a mid-scoring card.
Like other AEM Adventures, the Christmas Killer has 8 chapters to find a variety of hidden objects and mini-games to challenge your brain. The adventure starts on 18 December and ends as you complete the last chapter.The main storyline set in Cumbria was a really good whodunnit. It was not a gory novel but focussed more on the characters and clues which I really enjoyed. All the characters and scenes were really well written. I really enjoyed this book, well written, all the characters were good and the story line kept me involved all the way although I was wanting there to be more murders and I did guess who the baddie was! Lots of great characters both amid the Police investigating the Crimes , the Villages who are at possible Risk, along with all the side plots to try keep you from guessing who the Christmas Killer is !
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