Enjoyable. Well written crime book. I had no idea. Gruesome but necesssry.

This murder mystery is loosely based on the 12 Days of Christmas.
Anna Vaughan is an investigative journalist, who becomes involved in the case of the Santa killer, who attacks just before every Christmas, and has managed to avoid being caught so far.
She is drawn in when a mysterious parcel with gory contents appears on her doorstep, and is helped by her colleague, Miles, who had had a breakdown following a traumatic investigation.
The book kept me guessing until the very end, with lots of red herrings, and clues relating to the song, along the way.
In the end though, I was disappointed, the motivation of the killer was too cleverly explained, and he didn’t ring true. Also, the “Twelve Days” were rather forced, as if the had been grafted onto another story.

Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for the opportunity to read this book.

The Present by D S Devlin is a fast paced page turner of a thriller. I read it in a couple of days as I found I couldn’t put it down.

There are some gruesome parts to the book but they add well to the plot. You will probably have the Twelve Days of Christmas on repeat in your head but everything leads up to a climactic ending with a few twists and turns along the way.

Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins UK and the author for the chance to review.

I started reading this book as soon as I saw it was available - I sent it straight to my Kindle and got stuck in. The blurb and the cover sold it to me, a present with blood drops on it - as a massive crime fiction fan it was always going to be one I would want to read and I was genuinely looking forward to diving in to the story!

Well I absolutely loved it, I flew through it in a few hours and did not want to put it down.  There were plenty of twists and turns and I thought I guessed who Santa was, then changed my mind, changed it back again and even then was still wrong in the end! 

It is an explosive finish to the story and I thought it was really well thought through and planned - 5 stars from me, what a cracking read for this festive season!!

Only downside - I found myself singing the 12 days of Christmas as I was reading it and after at random times - oh well I can cope with that!

Wow.. I will never hear the 12 Days of Christmas the same way again! I rwad this book in one sitting, it absolutely sucked me in. It is gruesome and very clever with an ending you won't see coming.

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Collins UK for a copy of this book to read and review. Merry Christmas to you all!