It's Christmas time at Buckshaw in the fifth Flavia du Luce mystery, I Am Half-Sick of Shadows; but this Christmas promises to be quite different. In order to earn money to pay off the family's debts, Colonel du Luce has rented our the use of Buckshaw to a film company. The whole village is excited about the imminent arrival of the famous film star, Phyllis Wyvern. The vicar asks the actress if she would be willing to do a short scene in order to help raise money for roof repair, and she quickly agrees to perform a scene from Romeo and Juliet with her costar. Things quickly go from bad to worse when the villagers are snowed in, and then Phyllis Wyvern is found murdered by Flavia. Now in addition to preparing glue to catch Saint Nicholas and making fireworks to set off as her Christmas present to the village, Flavia has a murder to solve.
This is definitely my favorite of the Flavia series so far. The mystery is well done as usual, but I found her Christmas plans to be quite funny and entertaining. I definitely recommend this book for anyone who enjoys mysteries. Five stars.
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