{"product_id":"9780008720049_the-twelve-murders-of-christmas","title":"The Twelve Murders of Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eFiendishly clever and highly addictive.\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cstrong\u003eIan Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect Christmas gift for armchair detectives – Agatha Christie meets \u003cem\u003eMurdle. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12 murderous mysteries to read.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e20 perplexing puzzles to solve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 mystifying murder to unravel…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMastermind \u003c\/em\u003ePuzzlemaster Sarah Dunnakey cordially invites you to crack the code of who killed Edward Luddenham.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s the first anniversary of the mysterious death of Edward Luddenham, found dead at his home on the Yorkshire moors one frosty Christmas Eve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow nine people gather at his manor house for the reading of the Will. 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