*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CWA WHODUNNIT DAGGER AWARD* The brand new Christmas murder mystery
from the author of The Twelve Days of Murder . Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie Alexandra
Benedict and Janice Hallett' s The Christmas Appeal . Christmas shopping can be murder.
It' s Christmas Eve at the Emporium a bespoke gift shop hidden in the depths of London'
s winding streets where a select few shoppers are browsing its handcrafted delights. But
when they go to leave they find the doors are locked and it isn' t long before they realise
this is no innocent mix-up. The shoppers have been trapped here by someone who knows their
darkest secrets who will stop at nothing until they have all been unwrapped - and there is a
gruesome gift waiting in Santa' s grotto . . . For those that survive the night it will
be a Christmas to remember.