Review: Twelve Days Of Winter by Stuart MacBride

Twelve Days Of Winter

by Stuart MacBride  

Twelve Days of Winter was supposed to be my guilty Christmas pleasure: - One story every day, snuggled on the couch with a cat in my lap, a mince pie and a cup of coffee.  So, I opened the book at page one (as you do)... and closed it when I reached the end. 

Liz Mistry New Years Resolution No 1.  Show some restraint woman!

Each of the twelve stories is about a crime linked to the Twelve Days Of Christmas song.  Those of you  familiar with Stuart MacBride's books will enjoy his comic sense of poetic justice, especially when you discover which partridge ends up in the pear tree. 

                                                        

As usual we are introduced to a marvellous array of unforgettable characters from, the funeral director with an unusual use for super glue, a doped up French chef with a penchant for storing dead bodies in his freezer to, a toothless granny doubling as sexy Sadie on a sex phone in line.

All in all Stuart MacBride captures the criminal flavour of the Twelve Days Of Winter. 

 A great read for the festive season. 

This is available in HB from Waterstones £9.99 or on kindle.