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Re: → Harpa's bookish corner ☼

Postby harpa » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:14 pm

Shall we do an update? :wave:

I've finished the books I mentioned last time and I'm currently reading this one:

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I know, it's still too early to be thinking about Christmas! :lol: But I have to read this book by the end of October, since I received and advanced reader's copy and I have to leave an opinion on my netgalley account. Soooo, I'm taking care of it right now :mrgreen:

Here's the synopsis:

Pantomime season has arrived in the brand new hilarious murder mystery from Fiona Leitch. Available to pre-order now!

It’s Christmas in Penstowan, and local amateur dramatics group the Penstowan Players are putting on their annual pantomime.

This year it’s ‘Aladdin’, and half the town have been drafted in to help, including Shirley Parker, who only has a small part in the chorus but will no doubt upstage everybody, and Tony Penhaligon, who’s treading the boards as the baddie, Abanazar. Ex-Metropolitan police officer turned caterer Jodie Parker has managed to get away with not appearing, but only if she agrees to cater the opening night party.

But it’s not just terrible jokes, quick costume changes and backstage chaos that wait in the wings… When the Widow Twankey (otherwise known as Tim, the mayor’s husband) trips over a corpse lying next to Aladdin’s bloodstained magic lamp, it’s time for Jodie and her partner, DCI Nathan Withers, to find the killer.

Was it the genie of the lamp or an overly harsh theatre critic? Or does someone in the Penstowan Players have a dark secret they will do anything to protect?
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