25 Candles
- Authors: Iris Baxter
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- Type: Novel
- Genres: Mystery
- Rank:Top 100 in Best Christmas Books on Amazon
- Rating: 3.4 based on 913 reviews
- Release Date: November 12, 2025
- Print length: 240 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
25 days. 25 chapters.
When nurse Hannah Mark loses a patient, she returns to her hometown for an escape. Although she hasn't visited since her father's funeral, Greenridge is still the idyllic town she remembers it to be.
Every December, the townsfolk light a candle each night to count down to Christmas. Despite the fire at the orphanage that claimed the lives of all the children years ago, the town has seemingly recovered from the tragedy - or at least buried the ugly reminder.
Until tragedy strikes again. Each lit candle is accompanied by an incident. A shed catches fire, bakeries burn down, people go missing. And Hannah is in the center of it all.
The events are not coincidental. Someone has been orchestrating everything. And they're back to remind the town.
25 Candles is an Advent-style psychological thriller. Read one chapter every day until Christmas.