Tag Archives: Christmas Mystery

Arrest The Bishop? (1949) by Winifred Peck

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

The last couple of days have been a bit fraught, hence this review being a little delayed, (I did end up reading the second half of this book with an injured chick on my knee). Thankfully though, Peck’s novel fitted … Continue reading →

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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960) by Agatha Christie

Posted on December 16, 2016 by

I gave this short story a reread for a couple of reasons, one of which is certainly not hard to fathom; its’ the Yuletide setting after all. And the other reason will not be too difficult to guess either if … Continue reading →

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Another Little Christmas Murder (1947) by Lorna Nicholl Morgan

Posted on November 6, 2016 by

Source: Review Copy (Sphere, Imprint of Little Brown Publishing)] Originally entitled Another Little Murder, both this book and the author were new to me until a couple of weeks ago. Not much seems to be known about this author other … Continue reading →

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An English Murder (1951) by Cyril Hare

Posted on May 11, 2016 by

It has been a while since I have read a novel by Cyril Hare (the last being When the Wind Blows (1949)). Hare was the pen name for Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark and the crimes in Hare’s stories often have … Continue reading →

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