Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #571: 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas by Natasha Bache

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher:

Perfect for fans of The White Lotus, Knives Out and anyone who’s ever wanted to strangle someone over Christmas lunch.

'A hugely entertaining festive murder mystery.’ Julie Lancaster, author of Don’t Forget Where You’ve Buried the Bodies

All Olivia wanted was one last miserable Christmas with her husband’s awful family before moving to Australia. She didn’t expect a murder.

Now the snow has cut them off and she’s stuck in a stately country house, with her increasingly deranged relatives and the rising suspicion that someone is picking them off one by one.

As the bodies pile up and the festive façade starts to crack, Olivia must survive the season, or, at the very least, get through lunch without anyone else choking on a sprout.

Sharp, smart and deliciously twisted, this is Christmas with all the trimmings: cold cuts, warm lies and at least one suspicious pudding.

12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas by Natasha Bache is expected out October 9, 2025 from One More Chapter books.

Why am I looking forward to this book? Makes me think of And Then There Were None and Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. It sounds like it has a good mystery, an interesting point of view in Olivia, and some good humorous moments - some dark some not so dark. Some of the reviews I've read said it had laugh out loud moments as well as a good twisty mystery. Overall, it sounds like a book not to be missed.

What book are you waiting on? Share it and a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our ever growing To Be Read lists. Thanks for coming by. Happy Reading!

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #557: Remember Where You've Buried the Bodies by Julie Lancaster

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings. 

From the publisher: A brand new darkly humorous serial killer thriller for fans of How to Kill Your Family and The Thursday Murder Club.

What happens when a serial killer forgets that he’s a serial killer?

At Sunset House the tea is barely introduced to a teabag, the carpets are permanently flecked with glitter and care assistant Jolene would rather be watching daytime television than caring for the elderly – but someone might just have confessed to murder.

Most think Gilbert’s sudden claim – ‘When I killed her’ – is likely to be the dementia talking. Or a spoiler for Midsomer Murders. Probably. Now, between bingo, staff drama and a suspicious game of pass the parcel, someone’s about to dig up more than buried memories…

Darkly funny, sharply observant and unquestionably deadly, this is no Thursday Murder Club.

‘So compelling, I couldn’t put it down’ Natasha Bache, author of 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas

Remember Where You've Buried the Bodies by Julie Lancaster is expected out September 19th, 2025 from One More Chapter.

Why am I waiting on this book: I love the cover. The idea of a serial killer with dementia in a nursing facility is novel. I'm wondering how it will play out. And I like the idea that it is "darkly humorous."

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!