Book info

• Title Murder at the Christmas Emporium
• Author Andreina Cordani
• Year 2024
• Genre Mystery

Christmas shopping can be murder. It's Christmas Eve at the Emporium, a bespoke gift shop hidden in the depths of London's winding streets, where a select few shoppers are browsing its handcrafted delights. But when they go to leave, they find the doors are locked and it isn't long before they realise this is no innocent mix-up. The shoppers have been trapped here by someone who knows their darkest secrets, who will stop at nothing until they have all been unwrapped - and there is a gruesome gift waiting in Santa's grotto... For those that survive the night, it will be a Christmas to remember.​

Thoughts

This book paints such a great picture, that old school department store decorated for Christmas. I could picture all of it, and it felt like a Willy Wonka scenario gone very wrong. Once the murder mystery part of it started, it got really interesting and I ended up really enjoying it. As the different characters started to fall into place, it was great. The only issue I have is that the big twist wasn’t quite so impactful because there was a namedrop earlier on that made it really obvious. But I still loved reading it.

Rating: 4 / 5