{"product_id":"december-book-club","title":"December Book Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's time for our Christmas reads!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Christmas mystery or a romance is in need for December!\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Christmas Clue by Nicole Upston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-39fa59f2=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA murder mystery game goes horribly wrong in this festive murder mystery set in a snowed-in country house starring the real-life couple who invented Cluedo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-39fa59f2=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristmas Eve, 1943. Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery game - and instead discover a real murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pratts had planned for festive cheer, despite the wartime shortages: with Elva's map of the hotel and Anthony's prop weapons to use as clues, the guests in their parlour game would move through the rooms to figure out whodunnit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Anthony discovers the cook's sister Miss Silver beaten to death, they instead find themselves investigating a shockingly real crime. The hotel manager Mr Browning is trying to keep the peace but the guests are agitated, Colonel Colman is about to take over the hotel for the war effort - and the mysterious Mrs Threadgold hasn't been seen at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn games, there's only one victim - but this is real life. Can the Pratts puzzle out this Christmas mystery before it's too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristmas Staycation by Meghan Quinn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNothing says Merry Christmas like fake fiances, family pressure, and accidentally falling for your ex's brother . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNolan never met a spotlight he didn't like. As a major league baseball player with a filthy mouth, an ego the size of the North Pole, and zero interest in behaving, he's perfectly happy breezing into Christmas in Kringletown like the charming disaster everyone expects him to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaran, on the other hand, has made an art form out of keeping the peace. She's polished, careful, and so committed to making everyone else happy that she's somehow agreed to a fake wedding with her ex just to keep her family's holiday from imploding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's only one problem: the ex in question is Nolan's brother, and Nolan sees right through her. He knows Taran deserves better than pretending her way through life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he'd really like 'better' to be him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Taran is juggling family expectations, holiday chaos, and a man who is far too cocky, far too funny, and far too determined to bulldoze every wall she's ever built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut with Christmas closing in, secrets snowballing, and one very fake engagement threatening to blow up in spectacular fashion, this holiday season is about to get messy. And someone's sure to end up on the naughty list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fiction Over Reality","offers":[{"title":"Thriller \u0026 suspense","offer_id":67782964969788,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Romance","offer_id":67782967918908,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/9820\/9596\/files\/1_bcd5e528-9d38-4690-bc18-7cada2e956c5.png?v=1792577946","url":"https:\/\/fictionoverreality.com.au\/products\/december-book-club","provider":"Fiction Over Reality","version":"1.0","type":"link"}