Alan Bradley's I am Half-Sick of Shadows
The fourth Flavia de Luce mystery is a really strong entry in the series, involving Flavia's plots to trap Santa Claus while an A-list film is being shot on their estate. Flavia is always such an interesting mix of intelligence (about chemistry, anyway) and innocence (I doubted that a science-minded 11-year-old would believe in Santa, but it was the 1950s, so who knows). It's not a super-long book so things move swiftly, but I thought it worked. A-/B+.
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