Happy Bloody Christmas
By (Author) Jo Middleton
Book 1
HarperCollins Publishers
AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
1st October 2025
24th October 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Humorous fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
220g
Agatha Christie meets Gill Sims in this Christmas murder mystery with a world-weary heroine, for whom getting rid of an unexpected dead body is just another thing to add to the bloody to-do list
And you thought burning the turkey was the worst that could happen
Christmas is all about lists. To do lists. Shopping lists. Lists to bloody Santa. And doesnt Anna Johnson know it. Waking up on Christmas Eve after the annual Johnson party, she's hungover, exhausted and really sick and tired of Christmas already. All she wants is to tick the last things off her endless list and sit down with the worlds biggest glass of wine.
But apparently thats not going to happen any time soon because now her list looks like this:
1. Wrap the presents
2. Peel the potatoes
3. Stuff the turkey
4. Solve the murder of Santa
A mysterious death in her home really is the last thing she has time for right now, but with police officers who could double as the Chuckle Brothers and a husband and two kids intent on watching Christmas films, it looks like its up to her to find out what the hells gone on. Oh and figure out what to do with the body before her in-laws arrive.
Happy bloody Christmas indeed.
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'A brilliantly written, hilarious whodunnit. Smart and very, very funny. Don't read on public transport, you'll laugh so hard people will think you're a lunatic.' IAN MOORE
This book is so funny, Im quite annoyed I didnt write it!' GILL SIMS
'A compulsive Christmas cake binge of a read terrific! So piercingly funny, I wasnt sure whether to laugh or wince. A murder mystery brew that beats egg-nog hands down!' J.M. HALL
I adored this festive and funny cracker full of glittering one-liners and wit. Its the perfect Christmas present for that best friend who would definitely help you hide a body!' CHRISSIE MANBY
'Chock-full of proper jokes!' ABIGAIL BURDESS
'A brilliantly written, hilarious whodunnit. Smart and very, very funny. Don't read on public transport, you'll laugh so hard people will think you're a lunatic.' IAN MOORE
This book is so funny, Im quite annoyed I didnt write it!' GILL SIMS
'A compulsive Christmas cake binge of a read terrific! So piercingly funny, I wasnt sure whether to laugh or wince. A murder mystery brew that beats egg-nog hands down!' J.M. HALL
'I adored this festive and funny cracker full of glittering one-liners and wit. Its the perfect Christmas present for that best friend who would definitely help you hide a body.' CHRISSIE MANBY
'Chock-full of proper jokes!' ABIGAIL BURDESS
Praise for Jo Middleton's Playgroups and Prosecco:
'Both extremely funny and insightful. I loved every page' KATIE FFORDE
'A funny, fresh, debut with real laugh out loud moments and you'll end up warming to single Mum Frankie so much that you'll be wishing you could crack open a bottle of prosecco with her in real life!' MIKE GAYLE
Jo Middleton lives in Somerset with her daughter, a disobedient golden retriever and three cats, all named after fictional detectives. Jo has a passion for mysteries, loves escape rooms, and longs to capture a cave full of smugglers. She is also a blogger, author, copywriter and one half of the Its Five OClock Somewhere podcast.