*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CWA WHODUNNIT DAGGER AWARD*

The brand new Christmas murder mystery from the author of The Twelve Days of Murder. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Alexandra Benedict and Janice Hallett's The Christmas Appeal.

Christmas shopping can be murder.

It's Christmas Eve at the Emporium, a bespoke gift shop hidden in the depths of London's winding streets, where a select few shoppers are browsing its handcrafted delights.

But when they go to leave, they find the doors are locked and it isn't long before they realise this is no innocent mix-up. The shoppers have been trapped here by someone who knows their darkest secrets, who will stop at nothing until they have all been unwrapped - and there is a gruesome gift waiting in Santa's grotto . . .

For those that survive the night, it will be a Christmas to remember.

An entertaining read, with loads of clever twists that keep the reader guessing * Good Housekeeping *
Fiendish, festive fun * Best Magazine *
A fabulous, festive-flavoured crime odyssey ... the perfect gift for cosy crime fans * Yorkshire Evening Post *

Before writing her first novel, Andreina Cordani was a senior editor and writer for women's magazines including Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan. Her assignments included interviewing gun-toting moms on the school run, ordering illegal DIY Botox online and learning to do the splits in eight weeks. She lives on the Dorset coast with her family where she reads voraciously, occasionally makes TikTok videos and swims in the sea.