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The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
3.0

This book was written non-traditionally (entirely through e-mail and text threads), which was fun and it was very short so I got through it within 24 hours. I had a hard time keeping track of the characters, though, which may be because I have not read ‘The Appeal’ yet. It also felt to be a little lacking on the Christmas theme. I saved it along with a few other Christmasy thrillers/mysteries for around Christmas on purpose because I am a seasonal reader and was in that mood.

As a defense attorney myself, I found the ethical dilemma the lawyers felt at the end a little odd. They were sent these communications apparently to ‘solve’ the mystery but it appears the individual who sent them already had known what happened, so what was the purpose of sending them to the lawyers? I have no idea.

Thank you to Atria Books, the author, and NetGalley for the e-galley.