The Greek Who Stole Christmas

Diamond Brothers #7

by Anthony Horowitz

It's Christmastime, and Tim and Nick are flat broke. Luckily for them, a famous Greek pop singer has been getting death threats--and the Diamond brothers are hired to solve the mystery, in this latest novel by the New York Times-bestselling author of the Alex Rider series.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Christmas, Young Adult, Humor, Adventure

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders and Murder Most Horrid. Anthony became patron to East Anglia Children’s Hospices in 2009.

On 19 January 2011, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle announced that Horowitz was to be the writer of a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first such effort to receive an official endorsement from them and to be entitled the House of Silk.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/anthon...

Reviews

[Elham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a child-story, a 14-year-old boy's detective story. But I put it in "child-story" shelf because I don't have a "YA" shelf yet. Almost every line was a laugh-out-loud. I will probably read more books by Anthony Horowitz in future.

[Bahar Rashedi]

امشب بعد از حدودا ۱۴ سال دوباره این کتاب و خوندم و یادم اومد که وقتی بعد از مدرسه رفتم نمایشگاه کتاب این کتاب و خریدم و شبش پشت تلفن برای دوستم خوندمش.

[Sana Zameer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read - November, 2018
Reread - October, 2022

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well... it's a lot more Christmassy than the blurb suggests

[Ahnaf · Rating 5 out of 5]

This a thrilling story about to two brothers (one actually because the older brother is an absolute idiot) Nick and Tim. Tim is the older brother and his profession is a Private Detective, But unfortunately he barely knows anything about detective work and instead his little brother Nick does all the work for him. As explained in the book Nick records all their cases and this is one of them. This specific case is very brief but interesting. One day a man came in to Tim's office, he offered him a job to protect the world's most famous pop star Minerva. She was getting threatening letter about her getting killed. As the brothers, well Nick was working the case it was was time for Minerva to turn on the christmas lights on Regent street but because of Tim's stupidness they do eventually get fired.

[Rogerio · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Greek is actually a singer who is facing marriage troubles. Her current husband is attempting at killing her, as their relationship has fallen in disrepair. His attempt is full of treachery and an innocent life is lost. It is again Nick who cracks the case. I like the plot as it is does have some level of mystery suitable for the readers age.

[Mariner · Rating 2 out of 5]

"A Mystery book" which didn't show much off a mystery. Anthony focused more on the murder of Mindera. Good and Entertaining

[Emily Mills · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing plot twist

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

So my time with the Diamond Brothers detective agency has come to an end and I am reminded of how much I enjoyed these stories as a kid, and how they set me on the path to reading more and more of Horowitz’s work.

I loved these stories so much and had such fun reading them as a kid that it was really nice to come and revisit them as an adult. They’re also the type of stories that I would recommend to my children once they were old enough to get into independent reading.

A fun little series that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed coming back to.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Diamond Brothers books are wonderful and this was a great Christmas read. It came up on my library app and I've just had a cosy evening having a giggle (out loud at times) and forgetting about my cough and cold. Going to try and buy a copy as a Christmas present for my niece. Some of the references will be lost on younger readers but, like the other books in this series, they have elements that appeal to readers of all ages.

[Nyall Zammit]

It wasn't a bad book but it was quite short compared to the rest of the series and the plot was quite straight forward. The motive for the murder was quite sloppy and in all it didn't make much sense. At the end when you realise who was the attempted murderer you feel like you have been reading the book for nothing. This was the worst Diamond Brothers book I've read.

[James Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice little novella mystery. Nothing too crazy, but I'm glad I remembered to pick it up and read right before Christmas, so it was thematic. Anthony Horowitz needs to get over his obsession and odd descriptions for overweight people, but other than that, enjoyable.

[Sonya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This middle grade book was enjoyable, but definitely meant for a younger audience, even though it's a a murder mystery. Full of puns and sibling ribbing with exaggerated characters for suspect. Still a fun holiday mystery.

[Ben Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun breezy read to get me in the festive mood.

[Grace DuBois · Rating 4 out of 5]

I LOVE these books!
Tim, is so funny!
Sadly, it's the last book.

[Kushnuma · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is book 7 in the Diamond Brothers series.

Another good read, didn't expect the killer to be the one that turned out to be the killer.

[Kandee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun story of a goofy detective and his younger brother.

[L · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick, fun read. Anthony Horowitz never disappoints.

[Jay Butcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for younger readers learning to play around with words.

[Neil Shellard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vintage Horowitz

A laugh out loud Diamond Brothers escapade Fun reading for all the family. Makes you want to read the next book immediately.

[Ililly]

It was nice

[Punaje · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible book

[Priyanka · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was much more childish than his other books in this series. Also there were obvious undertones of misogyny for the sake of stereotypical jokes. It was an okay read for me.

[Name · Rating 1 out of 5]

I HATE THIS BOOK

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

After singing this series praises, I just didn't find this one to be up to the usual standard of these books. I liked it but not as much as others.

[Zoe Harvey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Watch out for that cannoli

[Will · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[curtis :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tim is so stupid it annoys me sometimes

[Daphne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guessed who wanted to kill the greek. the older brother is funny.

[Alex Hodge · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good I love it when I was reading it I was wondering was minerva a real singer?