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Reconozco que al principio no me enganchó mucho pero a partir del 30% más o menos empecé a meterme más y más en la historia y la verdad es que me ha gustado bastante. Alexandra Benedict serves up a traditional country house Christmas mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales as the snow falls heavily, threatening to cut off Endgame House. 33 year old Lily Armitage lost her mother, Mariana, as a child in an apparent suicide in the famous maze at Endgame House, an event that scarred her, which she has never got over, as she keeps the world at bay, not allowing herself to get close to anyone so that she would never be hurt again. She is a gifted dressmaker, rustling up copies of whatever her clients desire, living in a tiny place in London. Her adoptive mother, a professor of poetry at Cambridge, Aunt Liliana, has died, leaving behind instructions that Lily must go to Endgame House, a place she has avoided after her mother died there. Lily has no desire to win the house. But her aunt makes one more promise: The clues will also reveal who really killed Lily’s mother all those years ago. The characters are varied and not all likeable. Lily, the main character, spends a long time agonising over life, the universe and where she is headed which can be a little tedious, the only thing she is sure about is that she doesn’t want to win the house, just to find out who killed her mother, if indeed anyone did. We spend a lot of time with lily memories which in some cases are wonderful and heart-warming, in others are a little boring. The other characters varied from the sarcastic and unlikeable to the truly loveable, but all are not who they seem to be at first glance (which is quite predictable) and there are a few twists I didn’t see coming.
Cousins snowed in over Christmas in a country house. A game set up by a deceased aunt to pass on the deeds of the house that leads to more deaths. Puzzles in sonnet form and treasure hunts around the house. Mysteries from the past to be uncovered. So, this is my insurance policy, delivered by my lawyer. I know you don't want to come to Endgame, or play a silly divertissement. I know that you have absolutely no interest in inheriting the house, even though I dearly wish it to be yours. But I have another reason for asking you to take part in the game. It is time that you learned the truth, and the game is the way I will reveal it. This is an enjoyable murder mystery with some fun elements that has its roots firmly in the "Golden Age" tradition, but with something of a modern day makeover. Following the death of her Aunt Liliana, Lily attends Endgame House, the manor house that will form the central part of the estate to be inherited. She is joined there by her cousins and their significant others. Under the terms of the will the potential beneficiaries must participate in one final version of the annual Christmas Game that Aunt Liliana loved to arrange when she was alive. It is a pre-condition of winning the ultimate prize that the participants must remain in the house for the full twelve days of Christmas - but will they all live that long? Se non fosse stato per tutte le morti che hanno segnato la storia, avrei voluto partecipare anche io a quel gioco di natale. I hope you never have to read this letter, because if it now lies in your hands then I am dead. I've entrusted your old friend Isabelle Stirling with the task of making sure you get this if I die before the Christmas Game begins. I fear that I shall. I hope I'm utterly, shamefully askew on the subject. But I don't think I am.
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Follow the clues. Find the fortune. Solve the Mystery. This Christmas is to die for. Let the game begin . . ." Thank you to Eleanor at Zaffre Books for the invitation to take part and the gifted copy of the book.
The characters either have one single defining personality trait (b***h, strong and silent, self-pitying trauma victim, or warm and friendly) or no personality at all (lesbians in love. That's it. They're lesbians and they're in love.) You know who's going to make it to the end because they're the only people with anything resembling a personality. Also Tom is a counsellor and you will be reminded of this at every opportunity.I saw this book recommended all over the place and decided to give it a go as a good Christmas read and a good distraction from visiting family! I had absolutely no idea who the killer was until it was revealed, and even wondered if there was an unknown entity hiding within the house. Andamos nómadas y nacimos sin caminos, pero hemos sentido un destino en el que siempre imperes. Conquistadores reconquistados amándose emanados de toneladas de adelantos.
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