Santa's not coming to town this year.. someone with murderous intentions is. Can they survive this final game of The Masquerade Murder Society?

'Find the truth. Solve the murder. Never reveal your secret'.

Synopsis
The Masquerade Murder Society started back at University: dress up, play the roles and discover who's the killer. Everyone who was part of this club had very privileged upbringings, apart from Charley.. which made her an easy target to blame when a members necklace disappears.

When the Society were meant to find the founder, Karl, 'dead' during their last game, they found him nowhere. 12 years later, they still don't know what happened to him.. but someone does.

Reunited for a Christmas Masquerade, they're assigned new identities to play, but these identities have some realism to them - their secrets, well hidden, are now in their character profiles.

But when Lady Partridge is found hanging in a pear tree, they know this isn't just any Masquerade. Someone knows their secrets, and is killing them one by one for revenge.

'Until the next morning, when Lady Partridge is found hanging from a pear tree. It quickly becomes clear that in this game, the murder will be all too real, and the story is bringing long-hidden secrets to the surface'.

Thoughts
I love a murder mystery and this one you could definitely play along to see if you could figure it out. Everyone had reasons for wanting Karl gone - with the story jumping from past to present, you got to put a detective hat on to see who had the most motive! P.s I got it wrong!

Really enjoyable read, the setting, the characters, the plot and the mystery - lots of red herrings to keep you on your toes!

Eight friends create The Masquerade Murder Society in college during one of their parties one friend goes missing never to be seen again. Fast forward 12 years they reunite for another Masquerade in a remote part of Scotland but they soon find out this isn't the fictional mystery they were hoping for when one by one they are being murdered.
This book had a great plot and was well written but I found the characters unlikeable they were self centered egotistical liars apart from Charley which you quickly pick up is the odd one out. It switches between two timelines which was good to get some background on the missing friend its full of twist and turns some I didn't expect. It was an enjoyable read.

If I could give this book ten stars I would. I thought it a clever and thrilling book and so easy to suddenly realise you’ve gone hours over when you should be asleep as it’s very addictive.

Tremendous..
The Murder Masquerade Society ended on a sour note, in fact possibly a fatal note, at the Christmas Masquerade. Twelve years later, at Christmastime in the highlands of Scotland, the tradition is to be revived - but why and at what cost? So begins the masquerade themed around the Twelve Days Of Christmas and murder is most definitely on the menu. Quite simply a tremendously entertaining and enjoyable murder mystery with a host of credible, eclectic and delicious characters in a perfect atmospheric setting and a plot peppered liberally with red herrings and twists and turns aplenty. This reader did not want this to end and devoured it greedily in one sitting - how they wished that they themselves had kept this for a perfect Christmas treat.