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Book cover of The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
The Most Wonderful Crime of the YearAlly Carter

Characters in The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

3 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Maggie Chase

    The new Queen of the Cozy Mystery, she is invited to a Christmas house party where she becomes embroiled in a locked-room mystery and must work with her rival, Ethan Wyatt.

  • Ethan Wyatt

    A big-time thriller writer and Maggie Chase's rival, he is also invited to the Christmas house party and becomes her reluctant ally in solving the mystery.

Supporting characters

  • Eleanor Ashley

    The most powerful author in the world, known as the Duchess of Death, who hosts a Christmas house party and then mysteriously vanishes from a locked room.