Murder at Christmas - Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season

Informationen zum Autor Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she wrote her thesis on the 'golden age' detective stories of the 1930s and 1940s. Now an Editorial Director, she has worked at Profile Books for eleven years. Klappentext Christmas is a season of overindulgence. For most of us, that means an extra mince pie, a second helping of turkey, or perhaps a third glass of mulled wine. But for some among us, the festive season is a time to settle old scores, dispatch new enemies and indulge ... in murder. Here, ten masters of the genre serve up mystery and mayhem aplenty. From a dowager's missing diamonds to a Christmas party gone horribly wrong, these classic crime stories will delight, puzzle and satisfy long after the last strands of tinsel have been packed away.A rich collection of classic Christmas mysteries Zusammenfassung A rich collection of classic Christmas mysteries.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Marger Allingham, Margery Allingham, Edmund e Crispin, Cecily (Editor) Gayford, Elli Peters, Ellis Peters, Various
• Mitarbeit: Cecil Gayford (Herausgeber), Cecily Gayford (Herausgeber), Gayford Cecily (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Profile Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781788163392
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-339-2
• Seiten: 232
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Vintage Murders
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Crime and mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary