A Bloody Merry Murder by Emilie Castera and Eve Goodfellow

She was desperate for more followers… they just wanted a nap. Imagine relocating your family to a twee Cotswold village only for one of the fellow school mums and famous mumfluencer, Gemma, to be killed, live on Instagram. Anxiety-riddled Rowena is questioning her new life, when she meets born and bred Upper Huxleyan mum, Mary, who hoodwinks her into solving the case to save Gemma’s husband, Matthew, from a life in prison for a crime she is convinced he didn’t commit.Together they embark on a mulled-wine-fuelled sleuthing adventure while navigating a busy social calendar, playground politics and sleep deprivation.Follow this exhausted detective duo on a festive romp in the first case of the Anonymums series, for fans of Motherland and Richard Osman. and “Hilarious. Can’t put it down. and ” and “Brilliant, funny story. and ” and “I was definitely gripped. and “This book received many an accolade in the writing community prior to its – longlisted for the 2024 Flash500 Novel Opening Prize- shortlisted for the Killer Twist Pitch Prize organised by author Alessandra Ranelli- longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Emerging Author Dagger prize- shortlisted for the I Am Writing Competition in the Cosy Crime category