Shoe-dunnit by Elle McNicoll - 4/5 stars It's Snow Crime by Roopa Farooki - 2/5 stars The Beast of Bedleywood by Annabelle Sami- 3.5/5 stars The Christmas Heist by Abiola Bello - 3/5 stars Cool for Cats by Patrice Lawrence - 3.5/5 stars It Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief by Maisie Chan - 3/5 stars The Frostwilds by Dominique Valente- 3/5 stars Scrabble and Murder by Nizrana Farook - 3.5/5 stars The Ticking Funhouse by Benjamin Dean- 2.5/5 stars Ice and Fire by Joanna Williams - 4/5 stars Silent Night by Serena Patel -3/5 stars No Piste for the Wicked by EL Norry- 3.5/5 stars The Cove(n) at Christmas by - Sharna Jackson- 3.5/5 stars

Slightly disappointed in this one - it's clearly aimed at a younger audience than I thought, although that doesn't excuse the rushed pace and editing errors that appeared in far too many of these pieces. Nonetheless, I know that several of the authors featured here do much better when writing full-length stories so I wouldn't let this put me off checking out more of their work, and it's great to see so much representation of neurodiverse, disabled, and non-white main characters - more of this, please!