Serenity Booksellers Book Club

The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson is our Book Club Read for November!

Our final book-club book of the year will be Nicola Upson's The Christmas Clue - a festive murder mystery set in a snowed-in country house starring the real-life couple who invented Cluedo! Copies of the book are available instore now and don't forget book-club members get 10% off.

And as special Christmas treat - Nicola Upson will be joining us in the Romiley shop on Thursday 3rd December to talk about the book with owner Kelly. Further details can be found here.

About the book:

Christmas Eve, 1943. Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery game - and instead discover a real murder.

The Pratts had planned for festive cheer, despite the wartime shortages: with Elva's map of the hotel and Anthony's prop weapons to use as clues, the guests in their parlour game would move through the rooms to figure out whodunnit.

But when Anthony discovers the cook's sister Miss Silver beaten to death, they instead find themselves investigating a shockingly real crime. The hotel manager Mr Browning is trying to keep the peace but the guests are agitated, Colonel Colman is about to take over the hotel for the war effort - and the mysterious Mrs Threadgold hasn't been seen at all.

In games, there's only one victim - but this is real life. Can the Pratts puzzle out this Christmas mystery before it's too late? 

Next Book Club dates:

Tuesday 24th November - Romiley Daytime

11am - 12pm - Romiley Bookshop

Wednesday 25th November Stockport

6pm - 7pm - Stockport Bookshop

7:30pm - 8:30pm - Stockport Bookshop

Thursday 26th November - Romiley Evening

6pm - 7pm - Grapevine Romiley

7.30pm - 8.30pm - Romiley Bookshop

We don't charge for Book Club and have always wanted these to be accessible and open to everyone. However, with the rising costs of everything, we are asking for a contribution of £2 per person as a donation, only if you are comfortable and able to. We don't want money to be a barrier to accessing the Book Club community so this will be completely voluntary. Your support is always appreciated and thank everyone that buys the Book Club book and more.

Want to sign up? Let us know at the counter of either shop or message us and we will add you to the Book Club Mailing List, where you’ll get exclusive member offers throughout the year and always a 10% off the book choice for the month. No lock-ins or monthly obligations to come every single month, but we guarantee it is so welcoming and fun, you won’t want to miss it!