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Do You See What I See?

A Christmas Murder Mystery
By Peter Swanson
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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Welcome to Christmas at Grey Gables, where everyone's a suspect. Struggling mystery writer Nicholas Child is commissioned to help another writer finish the overdue follow-up to his breakout bestseller. Travelling to Grey Gables, the writer's Cape Cod home, in the... Read More
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Welcome to Christmas at Grey Gables, where everyone's a suspect.

Welcome to Christmas at Grey Gables, where everyone's a suspect.

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Welcome to Christmas at Grey Gables, where everyone's a suspect.

Struggling mystery writer Nicholas Child is commissioned to help another writer finish the overdue follow-up to his breakout bestseller.

Travelling to Grey Gables, the writer's Cape Cod home, in the week before Christmas, he discovers a house full of secrets, and a cast of very suspicious guests.

When two shocking deaths occur, Nicholas tries to write his account of what happened, and a perfectly fiendish puzzle starts to emerge.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571394005

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Peter Swanson is the Sunday Times bestselling author of twelve novels including The Kind Worth Killing, Rules for Perfect Murders, and, most recently, Kill Your Darlings. He lives in Massachusetts.

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