I received a free copy of, 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas, by Natasha Bache, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Olivia is with her husbands family for Christmas, but people are being murdered. I lost to many family members, so I could not get into this book at all.

It's a very good whodunit with strong Knives Out and some Agatha Christie vibes.
I found it very addictive, well written and entertaining.

The characters are mostly despicable but each in their own ways that's what makes it work. I clearly started to root for the killer pretty early on.

This would be perfect for the Holidays season.

My only complaint is that I wished more of the secondary plots points were resolved, but I still enjoyed it a lot.

Thank you HarperCollins for this ARC!

I just couldn't get behind this book. I didnt like the vibes, the writing style. This is just not one for me.

OMG This book is brilliantly funny, twisty, dark, and very festive! I had so much fun reading this and I want more!!

We’ve all been in festive scenarios where a family member is annoying over the bread sauce or you’d cheerfully want rid of them before the big Christmas movie. Olivia and her family are soon to move to Australia: a new life and away from her in-laws, with whom she’s spending one last Christmas. But after being cut off by snow in a home that’s stately in size, people begin to drop like flies, as swiftly as the tub of Celebrations is pilfered. Quite literally, bodies are piling up, killed in unique ways, and for some, it’s a case of the show must go on. For Olivia, it’s about not getting murdered. It’s a darker take on cosy crime, with plenty of bite.

Dark, funny, and brilliantly written, this was one of those books I didn’t want to put down. The characters are gloriously loathsome, the kind you love to hate. The plot is very pacy packed with twists and turns and teh ending blew me away.

The writing is sharp, witty, and full of deliciously dark humour. Every time I thought I’d worked out what was going on, the story would shift and send me in another direction. The festive and formal setting added an extra layer of claustrophobia and tension, making it the perfect backdrop for the unfolding chaos. A skewering of the upper classes.

A hugely entertaining, smartly crafted mystery. I’ll be recommending this to anyone who enjoys a darkly comic, twist-filled read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter for providing this book, with my honest review below.

12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas has me so grateful I don’t have to worry about the holidays (both due to murder likelihoods being low and awful family). Unfortunately Olivia does - though not for long - because her husband’s family is terrible, but her family is moving to Australia soon. Naturally his family decides this is good timing to punish them further for not following the path they set and for leaving them. Jokes on them, however, because someone is picking them off one by one. You will legitimately jump from one would be suspect to another as each one is killed and even as the options dwindle to what feels obvious you’ll not be able to guess who it is.

This was both funny and a great clue type of mystery!

5/5 stars! I absolutely loved this book and could not out it down. I was hooked from the very first chapter and finished reading it in one day. This book had the most perfect Knives Out vibes! I love a murder mystery set at Christmas time. In 12 Ways to Kill Your Family it follows Olivia and her husband family spending one more Christmas together at home before they make the move to Australia. It was supposed to be a quick 2 weeks and then they were done but a murder (or a few) changes their plans. As Christmas Day approaches Olivia and her family must survive the festive murders. I highly recommend reading 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas when it releases October 9, 2025. Thank you to Natasha Bache, Netgalley and Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 STARS
this was 50 shades of wicked & diabolical... in the best way. imagine being stuck under a roof with insufferable rich people who all despise each other, but they're family who also don't see you as family bcuz you're working class & simply married into the family. sucks, right? now imagine watching them starting to drop like flies and you're worried for yourself, your spouse, and kids... but somehow, you're constantly being singled out. now, you just want to find a way out without any more bodies.

i enjoyed this read. it was crazy and certain characters are just grating. you couldn't tell which way to point your finger as things took one turn from the next. had me constantly second guessing myself, but still. Olivia, Callum, and Martha were enjoyable characters. their random commentaries always brought a giggle out of me. bcuz honestly... what now!?

the ending though... i called it! won't say why, but i freaking knew it! and honestly, the way it all wrapped up nicely like its own little Christmas gift. HA! i would definitely recommend as a fun read, especially with the holidays soon to come. if you have a dysfunctional, insufferable family... i think you'd get a kick out of this one.

thank you to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and author for allowing me the opportunity to read an advanced copy via NetGalley. i leave this review of my own volition. all thoughts and opinions are my own.

This needs to be a movie or tv show! All Olivia wanted was her last Christmas with her husband’s awful family to end quickly before they moved, daughters and all, to Australia. The matriarch however, has some interesting announcements and suddenly millions of dollars are in play. A blizzard cuts them off and the crazy relatives are getting RESTLESS, maybe even MURDEROUS.

Olivia has to keep her wits about her and protect her daughters at all cost - before the killer gets too close.

#harpercollins #onemorechapter

I loved this !! I’m already in the Christmas mood
Love a Christmas with a little murder especially when it’s a whole family.
I laughed out loud a few times this was such a crazy ride I enjoyed the way the characters were written they had so much realism
I enjoyed the lock room puzzle and how high the body count was ! Such a good read and can’t wait to get my hands on the physical copy

I received an ARC for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas by Natasha Bache is a twist on the typical trapped-in-a-snowy-domain thriller. Olivia and her family are invited to an extravagant Christmas get-together at her in-laws mansion before her family is set to move to Australia. What starts as an already tense environment becomes an alarmingly frightening abode when family members start to get picked off one by one after the amendment of one member's will.

My mind was set on a very central character within the story until at one point it did not make sense; then I started to go back over some of the other incidents and realized that maybe it was possibly someone else. It became especially apparent with the one death that it couldn't possibly have been who I originally thought it was.

The author was very creative in crafting the journal entries to be witty which provided some very slight comedic relief in between all of the dead bodies and I would read another thriller by this author if given a chance.

Thank you, Net Galley, for the ARC!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars!

I will start by saying that this is not my usual genre of book but the description was interesting and I want to try and read more cozy crime, this was a fantastic place for me to start. I read this on a trip to Sydney and didn’t even care that my flight was delayed because I couldn’t put it down!

I couldn’t predict anything in this book, the entire Weiss family was so dreadful that I could see any of them being the next murder victim or the murderer. There were so many twists in the story and the deaths themselves were outrageously entertaining, I don’t think my jaw has ever dropped at the inventive use of a snowman before.

The Christmas setting added a claustrophobic and cozy vibe. I loved every minute of this book, now I just need to find some other books like it.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and One More Chapter for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I found this book very good and strangely christmassy. In the beginning we find that (view spoiler) so I was afraid that it would be sad or shocking, but I actually felt relieved because they were all evil so I was kinda glad to see them go. I didn't guess the ending, but that was ok. It would have been a five-star for me, but I felt the narrator was so annoying and self-centered that I spent the whole book thinking something should happen to her as well. I hope this book gets translated to portuguese!

Dark, twisted, and madness aplenty! Fans of The Mousetrap, 4.50 from Paddington, and Knives Out, you’ll fly through this one.

Christmas came early in 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas. It follows Olivia, Miles, and their children spending a last Christmas with their extended family before moving to Australia. Their family has a set of twins who can give Annabel a run for her money, bickering couples, alcoholism, a matriarch, and a convicted felon.

Christmas is then cancelled (or is it?) with a body dropping. A lot is threatened: their lives, their move, and their sanity. The killer is clever, 2 steps ahead, and seemingly flying unnoticed. To top it all, all the deranged relatives are stuck in forced proximity with each other courtesy a snow storm, and not the fun kind.

I love keeping notes while reading murder mysteries, which is my all-time favourite genre. I went back to compare my notes after the Epilogue, and some of the instances blew my mind. The writing style is also immaculate, and I love how the author made us connect and disconnect with each character at the same time.

I love cheeky inclusions in books, and the chapter names in this one were incredible: Denial and Dom Perignon, Mulled Whine, and Murder, She Might Have Written. I may be flying to read more of this author’s work because her writing style was definitely a plus for me.

Cheery festive masquerade, a felon or two, and a twisted ending to this whodunnit. Sign me up!!

Olivia and her husband Miles are looking forward to their forthcoming departure for Australia - not least because it will get them away from Miles' upper class, batshit crazy family. But before they can set off to their new life they have to survive one final Christmas celebration with the entire family.

As it turns out, 'survive' really is the keyword here, because shockingly, someone goes on a murderous rampage, leading to family members dropping like flies. But who could possibly behind the spate of killings?

This is a very, very funny book ( almost disturbingly so, at times) which will keep the reader enthralled, even if the murders take place so quickly that it's almost hard to keep up with what is happening. Creative, dark and amusing, this one is definitely worth reading!

What a hoot! This book was so much fun. The main character Olivia’s thoughts were laugh out loud funny.
Olivia, her husband Miles and their two children are off to spend a horrible two weeks leading up to Christmas with Mile’s ultra rich, ultra controlling, ultra nasty family. And the family does not disappoint. They are all those things and more. The nastiest and most controlling is Mile’s mother, who lords over her husband, sons, in laws, and nieces and nephews. It’s a horrible Christmas until one by one the family is being killed. Not knowing who is next, Olivia and her family are on guard, and Olivia can’t help but feel a little glad by events.
Holiday season got you down, read this , and you’ll feel much better. A must read mystery
My only compliant is the pacing was perfect, the details fun until the reveal of the murderer at the end. but then the book ends too abruptly without any of the details like we’ve read in the rest of the book. Almost as if an editor said, okay that’s enough, end it. Too abrupt.

A highly entertaining comic romp with hilariously loathsome characters. This has all the hallmarks of s classic mystery—Christmas. a snowbound mansion andca murderer on the loose. What makes yhos mystery stand out is its accompidhed comic tone and stimulating pace.

Thank you Netgalley, HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter | One More Chapter and Natasha Bache for the eArc of 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas.

Too early for a Christmas book? Never! 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas is a dark humoured, twisty murder mystery that keeps you guessing. As each family member meets their demise. You will be chopping and changing your mind on the whodunit.
I loved both Natasha's writing style and her character building with largely unlikable characters. which makes for a dark humoured read. Not often do I do quotes for book reviews as Im usually too emersed in the book but the ones Ive chosen are just too good to pass up. I loved the ending, the speculation and how everything worked out.

" Jessica's smile only widened. Sometimes, Clementine, its about who has the sharpest teeth "

"The truth ? And what exactly is that? Because from where I am sitting, all of us are looking like suspicious characters in an episode of Midsumer Murders "

"At this rate, We'd need a group discount on coffins "

" Why does it feel like we are about to take part in Sweeney Todds Great British Bake off "

This is the first book by Natasha's and Im so looking forward to reading more of her books.

4.5 for Storygraph. 5 for Netgalley.

This book was pretty good, I would definitely recommend

~This was given by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review………..