The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year takes Christmas through three of Taylor’s settings: St Mary’s, Time Police headquarters and Frogmorton Farm.
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year takes Christmas through three of Taylor’s settings: St Mary’s, Time Police headquarters and Frogmorton Farm. Five stories range from Major Guthrie’s final Christmas jump to Bannockburn to a Victorian celebration threatened by a ghost.
Max and Markham face their first Christmas away from the institute, the Time Police attempt a party, and Thomas is needed when festivities at the farm become difficult. The book adds an author’s Christmas message and the exclusive St Mary’s bonus scene A Storm in a Teacup.
Our view: the appeal is seeing each household or workplace put its own awkward stamp on the season. It suits readers who already know these casts; use the contents links to place each piece beside its series.
Paperback and ebook editions offer the whole gathering, with 400 pages in the listed paperback. The UK unabridged audio is credited to Zara Ramm and Lucy Price-Lewis and lasts 11 hours 48 minutes. That duration covers the volume, including its extras.
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Where this fits
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Edition details & sources
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- Series position
- Standalone or collection
- First published
- 2023 · publication source ↗
- Audiobook
- Zara Ramm and Lucy Price-Lewis · 11 hr 48 min
Edition details
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UK Digital audio · English · Unabridged
Listed audio release: 1 December 2023.
UK Paperback · Headline Publishing Group
ISBN 9781035412372 · released 1 December 2023
400 pages · Pagination source
Reading-time estimate: 8h–13h 15m at 30–50 pages/hour.
Publisher edition sourceUK Ebook · Headline Publishing Group
ISBN 9781035412389 · released 1 December 2023
Publisher ebook sourceConfirmed premise: Publisher description ↗
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6 stories · — individually marked Finished
Why Is Nothing Ever Simple?
St Mary’s · Suggested after book 10: Hope for the Best
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The Ordeal of the Haunted Room
St Mary’s · Suggested after book 11: Plan for the Worst
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The Toast of Time
St Mary’s · Suggested after book 12: Another Time, Another Place
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Santa Grint
Time Police · Suggested after book 4: About Time
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Joy to the World
Frogmorton Farm · Suggested after book 2: The Something Girl
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A Storm in a Teacup
St Mary’s · Suggested after book 14: The Good, the Bad and the History
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