A country house mystery with quite a few deaths, a convuleted solution of the murder mystery and two characters, who didn´t serve any purpose at all besides [spoiler] being the mandatory love couple, who just have to be in a proper golden age mystery. At least it felt like it. [/spoiler] Overa...
I am so disappointed. This book had a fabulously strong start with gorgeous writing, an almost tangible atmosphere, and a tense protagonist, who seemed to be under a lot of pressure. In any case, he seemed to sweat a lot. But once the plot started going, the story went downhill. Our protagonist de...
"Mystery In White" is a 1930's version of a Christmas Special drama, It's set on Christmas Eve, a fierce snowstorm, strangers on a stranded train grouping together to look for a way out of moving on with the plans for Christmas, an empty but unlocked Country House in the depths of the English Coun...
"Mystery In White" is a 1930's version of a Christmas Special drama, It's set on Christmas Eve, a fierce snowstorm, strangers on a stranded train grouping together to look for a way out of moving on with the plans for Christmas, an empty but unlocked Country House in the depths of the English Countr...
Once more the inmates of the room missed something through lacking eyes in the backs of their heads. The passage door slowly and softly opened, and a figure crouched in the aperture. A big, broad-shouldered figure, with one shoulder higher than the other. ‘Now, then, don’t pretend you don’t know an...
It’s Christmas Eve 1937 and the snow that had been falling for the last few days has increased. Five passengers on a train find themselves stranded in the snow near the village of Hemmersby. Deciding to leave the train and try to make it to the village station they soon become lost in the snow, save...
Book themes for Saint Lucia's Day: Read a book set in Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden - and Finland for the purposes of this game) or a book where ice and snow are an important feature. A snowstorm stopping a train mid-route and characters struggling through a blindingly white wilder...
THE first thing David did on emerging from the front door was to pitch head first into a mound of snow. For a moment or two he nearly suffocated, while countless soft, icy pellets invaded his back as though he were being bombarded by silent salvos from heaven. Then he scrambled out, and strained ear...
The Z Murders: A British Library Crime Classic (British Library Crime Classics Book 10) by J Jefferson Farjeon is a compelling mystery that kept my attention from start to finish. It had just enough intrigue to keep me guessing. The taxi rides were a bit much, but because the author made me laugh & ...
Thirteen Guests, A British Library Crime Classic by J. Farjeon is a mesmerizing Country House murder with multiple suspects, murky motives & flowerly language. I gave it four stars. "She placed the tray on a sideboard, covered the stained table with a scarcely less stained cloth, & moved the tray ...
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