People in Lincolnshire love to read murder mystery books at Christmas

We've been looking into which books have been taken from our libraries the most during the festive period

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Author: Aaron RenfreePublished 28th Dec 2021

It turns out that people in Lincolnshire love to read a good murder mystery over Christmas.

We've been looking into which books have been taken from our libraries the most during the festive period.

Crime dramas are right at the top.

Christmas stories are just behind them.

Our FOI found the top 10 books taken out during December 2020 were:

Find them dead / Peter James

The lantern men / Elly Griffiths

Rag-and-bone Christmas / Dilly Court

The chalet / Catherine Cooper

The Christmas invitation / Trisha Ashley

The guest list / Lucy Foley

Under the mistletoe / Katie Flynn

Walk the wire / David Baldacci

Mum & dad / Joanna Trollope

When shadows fall / Alex Gray

Troubled blood / Robert Galbraith

The top 10 books taken out during January 2021 were:

Find them dead / Peter James

The other passenger / Louise Candlish

Walk the wire / David Baldacci

The guest list / Lucy Foley

Invisible girl / Lisa Jewell

The tattooist of Auschwitz / Heather Morris

When shadows fall / Alex Gray

Where the crawdads sing / Delia Owens

1st case / James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts

Just my luck / Adele Parks

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