The Santa Klaus murder / Country homes Murder
Hay, Mavis Doriel, 1894-1979
The Santa Klaus murder / Mavis Doriel Hay. - First US trade paperback edition. - 243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - British Library crime classics. . - British Library crime classics. .
Originally published in London in 1936 by Skeffington & Son.
HISTORICAL MYSTERIES. This extremely clever country-house murder mystery is the perfect holiday gift for the avid cosy crime fan. It has an aristocratic setting, a dead earl, and a major suspect There are loads of clues, red herrings, and twists in a truly classic Christmas mystery with all the golden age patina. Globe and Mail Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus with a bullet in his head on Christmas Day, the festivities are plunged into chaos. Nearly every member of the party stands to reap some sort of benefit from Sir Osmond s death, but Santa Klaus, the one person who seems to have every opportunity to fire the shot, has no apparent motive.
9781464204951
Country homes--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
823.912
The Santa Klaus murder / Mavis Doriel Hay. - First US trade paperback edition. - 243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - British Library crime classics. . - British Library crime classics. .
Originally published in London in 1936 by Skeffington & Son.
HISTORICAL MYSTERIES. This extremely clever country-house murder mystery is the perfect holiday gift for the avid cosy crime fan. It has an aristocratic setting, a dead earl, and a major suspect There are loads of clues, red herrings, and twists in a truly classic Christmas mystery with all the golden age patina. Globe and Mail Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus with a bullet in his head on Christmas Day, the festivities are plunged into chaos. Nearly every member of the party stands to reap some sort of benefit from Sir Osmond s death, but Santa Klaus, the one person who seems to have every opportunity to fire the shot, has no apparent motive.
9781464204951
Country homes--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
823.912