❄️ Book Review ~ A DARK AND SILENT NIGHT by Julia Buckley ❄️

A Dark and Silent Night (Writer’s Apprentice Mystery, #5.5)
by: Julia Buckley
Series: Writer’s Apprentice Mystery
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: December 10, 2020
Publisher: Julia Buckley
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Blue Lake is covered in snow on a dark December night, but something is amiss. In this cozy Christmas short story, Lena London and Camilla Graham (from the best-selling Writer's Apprentice mysteries) are on hand to help solve the disappearance of a Blue Lake girl. In order to bring the lost teen home safely, they must work together with their squad of friends to piece together a puzzle. As usual, a cat, two dogs, two policemen, and many colorful locals make an appearance in this cozy Christmas tale.

I can not begin to express how much I love Julia Buckley and her cozy mysteries. I became a fan of hers a couple of years ago, and she never lets me down. To date, I’ve read three of her cozy mystery series; Undercover Dish, A Writer’s Apprentice, and A Hungarian Tea House. While I’ve loved and enjoyed all the books and series, A Writer’s Apprentice is my favorite of all the series.

In A Dark and Silent Night, Julia gifts her readers with a little Christmas mystery. Fans of her A Writer’s Apprentice series will love this novella. Mystery author Camilla Graham and her husband Adam are hosting a couples game night with her writing partner/apprentice Lena, Lena’s boyfriend Sam, as well as friends; Detectives Doug Heller and Cliff Blake and their girlfriends Belinda and Isabelle. The Couples decide they don’t really want to do the standard game night games. “Let’s see what nefarious deeds are happening in Blue Lake on this December night.” The couples get more than they bargain for, when they start reviewing the crime blotter, looking for recent crimes to solve. They come across a report of a missing teen, but something feels off. Together they piece together clues that only they seem to know in order to solve this disappearance.

A Dark and Silent Night is short and sweet. Yet, it gives you everything you need in a mystery.

~ Favorite Quote ~

“Christmas is about light in the darkness.”

**Personal Purchase**

Rating: 5

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The Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series:

A Dark and Stormy Murder ~ Review

Death in Dark Blue ~ Review

A Dark and Twisting Path ~ Review

Death Waits in the Dark ~ Review

Death with a Dark Red Rose ~ Review

You can read my interview with Julia, discussing the series here.

Julia Buckley has loved reading and writing since childhood. She is still a sucker for a great story, and, like any bibliophile, she loves libraries, Scholastic Book Fairs, the smell of ink, pads and pens, typewriters, and books you can't put down. She lives in a Chicago suburb with her husband Jeff, a giant dog named Digby and three spoiled but wonderful cats. She has two grown sons and a beautiful daughter-in-law.

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