Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: Pros & Cons of Christmas
SERIES: Pros & Cons
AUTHOR: A.E. Wasp
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGTH: 87 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2021
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Christmas time and the gang is celebrating leaving the threats and dangers behind them with a week long house party in the country. It’s the perfect opportunity for a murder.
★★★★★
My name is Charlie Binghman. Well, it was back when I was a conman. Now I’m done. Finished. Out of the business. A vigilante grifter no more. Charlie Bingham is dead for real this time.
All I want to do is spend the rest of my life in peace and quiet with the man I love. (Stop laughing, Shook. No one asked for your opinion.) So, why not celebrate our survival and happiness with a big holiday party? Let’s have a house party over Christmas week, I said. We can invite friends and family. It will be fun.
Of course, it’s chaos from the moment our first guests arrive in the middle of a blizzard. Things go downhill quickly from there. And that’s before a stranger shows up full of questions and Ridge finds a dead body.
Now I have a house full of wanted criminals, an uninvited guest, and a corpse in the kitchen.
If I want to keep all of us out of jail, I’ve got to keep the journalist occupied, keep the guest amused, and keep my grandmother in the dark until I figure out who the dead guy was, who would want him dead, and who murdered him right under our noses. No problem. Good thing I have my team with me. We should be able to figure this out in no time.
Right?
REVIEW:
Leo and William (aka Charlie) are hosting their friends and their families for Christmas at Charlie’s ancestral home in England. Although they are a little worried about Leo’s family who have apparently not forgiven them about, well, a number of things, they are looking forward to some fun with their friends away from the limelight. Things however get off to a bumpy start when a body is discovered in the kitchen just as all the guests are arriving. Nobody knows who he is, where he came from or how he ended up in a secret cupboard.
When things couldn’t get more bizarre, some stranded guy shows up at the door. How fortuitous that he just happened to go off the road right by the house. That’s not suspicious at all. Then there are all the secrets that Leo and William have been keeping that now Leo’s family is demanding answers about. But how is all this going to go down with a dead body in their midst? It seems the truth had to come out sometime 😉
Well I just loved this little wrap up holiday story. It is snarky and funny and provides a nice little bow on a few things from the series. All of the main players are here and we get to meet the families of all the guys and see them interact as well. And William’s grandmamma and Leo’s mother are in a class by themselves 🙂 It’s all pretty hilarious and entertaining. I couldn’t wait to see who would find out what next. Thoroughly entertaining and really just a grand good time. For fans of this series, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed in this fabulous holiday reunion with a murder mystery twist and plenty of good time. I, for one, was sad to see this series end, so this a really delightful treat. Recommended.
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