How to Slay at Christmas: A brilliantly subversive, darkly funny crime thriller for Christmas 2025, for fans of Katy Brent, CJ Skuse and Bella Mackie

The BRAND NEW deliciously dark, festive comic thriller from bestseller Sarah Bonner, perfect for fans of Bella Mackie, Katy Brent and Amy Tintera! 🩸🔪🎄 She’s making a list, she’s checking it twice… Jessica Williams loves Christmas: the food, the drink, the fairy lights, the opportunities to take out all the miserable people who ruin the festive season for others. And what better cover for her murderous intentions than taking a job as Mrs Claus at the Ellsbury Christmas Market grotto? After all, who would possibly think Mrs Claus could stab a man through the eye with a Phillips-head screwdriver? Fearne Dixon hates Christmas. As the long-suffering wife of the Ellsbury Christmas Market’s manager, she’s sick to the back teeth of it and it’s still only November. But then the bodies start piling up, an old rival arrives back in her life, and Fearne reaches breaking point. When the lives of the two women collide, who will end up on the Naughty List? 👀 A brilliantly subversive, darkly funny crime thriller that fans of How to Kill Men and Get Away with It and Listen for the Lie will devour 🔪🩸 Praise for Sarah Bonner: 'A hilarious romp that I just couldn’t put down' Katy Brent 'Brilliantly twisty and thoroughly entertaining' T.M. Logan 'A perfect thriller, we read this in one sitting' Closer 'A wonderfully twisty, and twisted, thriller that will have you up until the early hours, and with an ending that you will NOT see coming. Brilliant' SJ Watson 'Captivating' Janice Hallett View Less