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Gone Before Christmas by Charles Finch

lavins's review

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5.0

This is one cute, heartwarming book as most of them are in this series.

littletaiko's review

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4.0

Quick, novella set at Christmastime that has Lennox searching for a missing officer. Loved the opening with him and his brother Edmund arguing about Christmas trees. This was a nice fix while waiting for the latest in the series to come out next year.

ewil6681's review

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lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

lorireads2much's review

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hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alrey's review

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mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

utdawson's review

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3.0

3.5

affiknittyreads's review

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4.0

A lovely and warm short story, a perfect gentle mystery for Christmas!

appalonia's review

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5.0

Excellent Christmas short mystery with my favorite Victorian era detective. I really enjoyed this and loved the ending.

bookwyrm_lark's review

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4.0

Gone Before Christmas is almost a locked-room puzzle, with a victim who vanishes from a room with only one door. As puzzles go, it's a good one, although if you've read enough detective fiction, you'll spot the figurative loophole to the locked-room aspect. Since I do read a lot of mysteries, I figured out part of it fairly early on (how the victim got out of the room) but I anticipated neither the motive nor the whole solution. Nor did I expect Lenox's response, though in retrospect, it wasn't out of character. I enjoyed the chance to spend an hour or two of the holidays with these characters, whom I know so well from the books: Charles, of course; his 5-year-old daughter Sophia and his wife Lady Jane; his widowed brother Edmund; and both of Charles's partners, Polly and Lord Dallington. A quick but satisfying Christmas mystery.

ccwray's review

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mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0