The Christmas Card Killer

Edward Crisp #6

by Peter Boon

It's nice to receive a Christmas card... until it threatens your death!

It's Christmas time in the British seaside village of Chalk Gap and everyone is ready to celebrate the festive season, until a threatening Christmas card leads to the murder of a village resident!

Reluctant amateur detective Edward Crisp has vowed not to investigate any more murders, and to leave it to the police. But his self-appointed teenage sidekick, Noah, has other ideas. And when a loved one is accused of the murder, Edward might not have much choice but to try and clear their name...

Can Edward and Noah work out the identity of THE CHRISTMAS CARD KILLER?

And can YOU?

Genres: Mystery

62 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 15, 2022

Reviews

[Helen Golden · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great cozy fun read from Peter Boon, the author of the best-selling Edward Crisp Mysteries series.

It's the last day of term at the school where Edward's best friend is headteacher and Noah, Edward's foster brother, is in trouble as part of a teenage group accused of sending a nasty and threatening Christmas card to a resident who has a history of complaining a lot about the behaviour of the pupils. The group deny sending the card, but when the resident is taken away to hospital having supposedly been attacked then they're in even deeper trouble than they'd first thought. Can Edward work out that happened to clear Noah's name?

I love the characters in Peter's series (his mum being my favourite) and they all get to play some part in this short story. What I also loved about this book in particular is that we get a few scenes from Noah's POV and it's fab to see how his mind works in contrast to Edwards.

The perfect short story to curl up by the Christmas tree with a warm drink and enjoy.

[Mike Strong · Rating 3 out of 5]

The sixth installment in the Edward Crisp murder series was my least favorite. However, I think that's only because it was so short there wasn't much time for plot development. It took me about 40 minutes to read the whole thing while on a flight.

This is the first book in the series where you get Noah's perspective, but it's not as developed and I don't know that the back and forth works. There's also a lot drawn from the earlier books so if you haven't read them recently some of the characters and plot references might not make much sense. The ending, in my opinion, was very rushed with no potential to actually predict the killer. I don't like when I read a mystery that it would have been impossible for me to solve without being told the solution.

[Leanne Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really good, quick read in this wonderful series. In this book, Noah is definitely getting more confident in his abilities to solve crimes on his own. I love the main characters in this series, especially Noah and Edwards mum who constantly makes me chuckle. She reminds me a little of Pamela from the tv show Gavin and Stacey.

I do enjoy these short stories. However, I am looking forward to starting the next book in the series, which I have already downloaded. If you haven't read any of these books, I highly recommend them.

[Jerry Summers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Merry Christmas all. I didn’t write Christmas cards this year as we are traveling today. I liked this novella as we hear Noah’s voice as he hijacks the narrative.

I feel a little like Noah:

I read up on a lot of things in my spare time. You never know when it might come in useful

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant as always love all the characters and cannot wait for next years fill length novel

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review to follow

[Gemma Kinne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick, fun read. Love these quirky little mystery stories.

[Cattie Whaley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Christmas murder mystery! Very quick read with our favorite characters. Action packed for a novella! Highly recommend!