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Christmas special with Lauren from Lauren and the books.

Ep. 265

265

4/12 

Christmas special with Lauren from Lauren and the books

We chat about the year, our Christmas plans

and we each recommend 5 Christmas books for you to read.


Lauren’s Five Books:

Lovelight Farms by B K Boris

And So This is Christmas By Brian Bilston

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Halley

All Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Mistletoe Malice by Kathleen Farrell


Philippa’s Five Books:

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict

The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson

Classic Christmas Crime Stories - published by Macmillan Collector’s Library

Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick

Make You Mine This Christmas Lizzie Huxley-Jones 

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