Book review: The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries: part 1

The Big Book of Christmas mysteries

🎧 The Big Book of Christmas mysteries
by many authors
edited by Otto Penzler
Narrated by Cat Gould
and Matthew Lloyd Davies
2013
60 Mystery short stories
654 pages / 32H33
It counts for my 5th list for the classics club

Every year, I see fun Christmas mysteries on many blogs, so this year, I decided to start early and listen to a bunch.
So The Big Book of Christmas mysteries made it to my Fall 2025 TBR.

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Teaser Tuesday (July 17, 2016): Max Gate

TeaserTuesday-Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books And A Beat.
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Teaser Tuesdays

Today, my Teasers are from

Max Gate

Max Gate
by
Damien Wilkins
Publisher’s website My review Eiffel Tower Orange

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
(make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!
You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too,
so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists
if they like your teasers!

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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Book review: Max Gate

Max Gate

Max Gate

Author:
Damien Wilkins
Publisher:
Aardvark Bureau

US Release date:
Jule 12, 2016
Pages:
223
ISBN:
978-1910709139
also available as ebook
Genre:
Historical Novel

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     MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK

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Tess of the D’Urbervilles was a favorite read in my teen years. So when I received Max Gate for review, I was intrigued. Written by a New Zealand author (my second author of this country, after Chad Taylor), this short historical novel focuses on the last days before Thomas Hardy’s death and the decisions around his place of burial.
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