Many thanks to @atriabooks for the #gifted free copy of this book.  

 

Humorous and entertaining.  This cozy mystery was a fun, escapist read amid all the chaos of the holidays.  

 

The local theatre troupe, the Fairway Players, were hard at work in preparation for the upcoming Christmas pantomime.  But a dead Santa found amongst the set, upends the cheer and festivity.   

 

The formatting of this read, told through mixed media, was captivating and fresh.  It allowed the primary characters greater depth than is typical in a novella.  

 

And those dynamic characters, full of drama, snark and cynicism, kept me in stitches, solidifying this novella a delightfully amusing farce. 

 

I went into this read blind, not realizing I needed to read The Appeal first.  While I still enjoyed this novella completely, I do think the backstories found in The Appeal would’ve made this read even more enjoyable.