The Christmas Appeal: A Novella

This immersive holiday caper from the "modern Agatha Christie" (The Sunday Times, London) follows the hilarious Fairway Players theater group as they put on a Christmas play--and solve a murder that threatens their production.

The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a new church roof. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes.

Of course, there's also the matter of the dead body onstage. Who could possibly have had the victim on their naughty list? Join lawyers Femi and Charlotte as they investigate Christmas letters, examine emails, and pore over police transcripts to identify both the victim and killer before the curtain closes on their holiday production--for good.

Author: Janice Hallett
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 10/24/2023
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.28h x 5.29w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781668035887


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/02/2023