Murder After Christmas

I will give this points for its madcap tone but that wasn't the read I was looking for so my enjoyment was tempered. I think this would make for a great adaptation. Country house, a large cast of characters and running jokes ("...but not until after Christmas") and all the Christmas trimmings includ......more

What starts out like it'll be a cozy Christmas crime read (try saying that quickly), is actually quite snarky in tone, surprising to me at least for a book written in the 1940s. Before the actual murder happens, chapters whizz by with all the characters making jokes about offing another character, as......more

I found this a delightful, hilarious and amusing little puzzle of a murder. The first half is sorting out who’s who and why so many love yet want the victim dead obviously not over Christmas. So scene is set for a murder at some point and then mass confusion reigns with so many characters trying/fai......more

Author Rupert Latimer weaves a novel that’s equal parts Golden Age mystery and P.G. Wodehouse. The large cast of family members, neighbors, hangers-on and constabulary are humorous without becoming silly or twee. The family’s laugh-out-loud antics and the sly comments on wartime England along with a......more