The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

<p><b>The bridge is shut.<br>The phones are down.<br>And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas . . .</b><br><br>Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt: She&rsquo;s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. He&rsquo;s Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts.<br><br>He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she&rsquo;s told him otherwise). But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself. That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone. She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust?<br><br>As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth&mdash;and each other. Because, this Christmas, rivals will have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor. Assuming they don&rsquo;t kill each other first . . .<br><br><b><i>Knives Out</i> gets a rom-com twist in <i>The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year</i> a rivals-to-lovers Christmas mystery-romance from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Ally Carter.</b></p>