Angel of the North

Rating: 3/5 (138 Reviews)
Isbn:9781781257913
Author:Ellis Peters, Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Cecily Gayford,
Pages:288
Publisher:Profile Books

Murder most festive...A locked room mystery solved with a flourish on Boxing Day.Blackmail on Christmas Eve.A missing jewel discovered in a very festive hiding place.A body slumped in a chair on Christmas morning, still listening to carols.The midnight theft of a gift intended for a saint.Crime doesn't take a holiday, so these - and many more - are the puzzles that make up Murder under the Christmas Tree, a collection of festive mysteries featuring fictional sleuths from Lord Peter Wimsey to Sherlock Holmes, Cadfael to Father Brown. This is the very best of Christmas murder and mayhem - so settle into your armchair, put another log on the fire and take a bite of your mince pie. Just make sure it's not poisoned...