Los enigmas propuestos a los personajes son muy difíciles de resolver por el lector y pienso que habría estado bien que nos implicara un poco más en sus resoluciones.

Although this wasn't quite as atmospheric as I expected, and became a little repetitive in places with regards to Lily's grief over the death of her mother many years previously, the mystery itself intrigued me. Cousins and extended members of The Family Household join together in the Family Mansion after the death of Aunt Lillian - mother, sister and spouse of everyone gathered to play or perform in one final traditional 12 Days of Christmas Family Game. Whoever solves the riddles in the (really dreadful) poems Lillian has written, will find a key. Whoever finds all the keys will be the sole beneficiary of her estate....house/manor, in particular. Lilly, her niece, and only child of her sister, who died under mysterious circumstances when Lilly was young, was Aunt Lillian's favorite and it is clear from the start who Lillian intended to win the game and house. Lilly is in this (she would not otherwise have come) to find out who murdered her mother - her Aunt's letter inferred that she would divulge - but there are a myriad of other secrets to be uncovered in this variation on a closed room Christie-like mystery theme, with cousins dropping one by one. Lily Armitage never intended to return to Endgame House – the grand family home where her mother died twenty-one Christmases ago. Until she receives a letter from her aunt, asking her to return to take part in an annual tradition: the Christmas Game. The challenge? Solve twelve clues, to find twelve keys. The prize? The deeds to the manor house.Until, that is, she receives a letter from her aunt promising that the game's riddles will give her the keys not only to Endgame, but to its darkest secrets, including the identity of her mother's murderer.

Sin medios ni miedos a una ácida caída, anidamos sin andamios. Animados e imanados. Una melodía demolía tus fronteras y fraternos parajes para parejas eran un escenario necesario para mi listado de latidos. Lily Armitage never intended to return to Endgame House - the grand family home where her mother died twenty-one Christmases ago. Until she receives a letter from her aunt, asking her to return to take part in an annual tradition: the Christmas Game. The challenge? Solve twelve clues, to find twelve keys. The prize? The deeds to the manor house. This is a clever mystery that feels current with themes of love is love (LGTBQ relationships), while distinctly evoking a Victorian flair, as Lily designs corsets. It was also fun to read close to the holidays! Although it took me months of plodding through, while finishing one book or another in the meantime, I actually really did enjoy this story . If not, I would surely have hit the pilot eject button early in the game. Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival.A delightfully twisty and suspenseful puzzle, I am still in awe that this is a debut. The story is skillfully written, cleverly plotted and filled with evocative imagery that brings the isolation and heart-pounding fear Lily felt inside this grand house in the snowy Yorkshire Dales to life. It felt like I was inside it myself, taking every step beside her as she played the game. She was a great protagonist who was easy to root for and get behind. But everyone at Endgame House is hiding secrets, including Lily, some of which are darker than others. The author had me on the edge of my seat as I tried to figure them out along with whatever other mysteries this place held.

Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

As the guests converge at Endgame House on Christmas Eve, the weather outside grows more foreboding and Aunt Liliana's lawyer sets out the details of the task that awaits them. Everyone must surrender their phones and other communication devices, and agree that to leave the grounds of Endgame House at any time during the game will mean instant disqualification. They'll each be given a succession of twelve cryptic clues, one on each of the twelve days of Christmas, each clue leading to a key hidden somewhere on the property. Using the keys found along the way and considering all twelve clues together, they'll also need to find a secret room somewhere within Endgame House by 4.00pm on Twelfth Night (5 January), where the title deeds to the property await the winner. After Isabelle the lawyer leaves, their only company is taciturn cook-housekeeper Mrs. Castle, who is responsible for ensuring everyone plays by the rules and that the clues are handed out on schedule.

La originalidad de la propuesta por parte de la autora al plantear juegos y enigmas tanto a los personajes como a los lectores.Luego tenemos los enigmas que tienen que ir resolviendo los participantes siguiendo el juego navideño familiar que ha organizado la dueña de la casa en la que se desarrolla todo: la casa Arcana. Dueña que es tía de un@s y madre de otr@s. Estos enigmas no pueden ser resueltos por el lector porque a pesar de que viene un planito de la casa en plan Cluedo, es necesario tener mucha más información de la que se tiene leyendo.