Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story (British Library Crime Classics)

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Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story (British Library Crime Classics)

Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story (British Library Crime Classics)

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Despite the excellent, yet misleading, cover, this story does not take place on a train but is essentially a country house mystery. This book may not be for the puzzle purist but for readers who love to soak in atmosphere, spooky goings on and festive fun, will find much to enjoy.

Fires roar enticingly in the hearth, but a kitchen knife lies on the floor and a pot of water for tea has boiled dry on the stove. Of course it has a snow bound train, an abandoned house and a random bunch of strangers stranded together , intrigued? The highly successful reissue of this book in 2014 by the British Library initiated not just a series of classic-era crime reissues by the BL but a revival of interest in classic crime novels in general. Not only do they look lovely and uniform on a bookshelf, but they all also lovely “cosy crime” books, coming from a different age of crime writing. throw in a sprinkling of the supernatural, and you have an entertaining, seasonal whodunnit, which is nicely old fashioned.

When Jessie twists her ankle on a particularly tricky bit of ground, the adventurers are lucky enough to find a house where they can ask for refuge.

This approach also raised personal expectations for the book as a whole, and these fell a little short by the end, when such early-chapter promises of tone and setting were never quite realized.

Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The supernatural aspects of the story are heavily implied to be true, but never outright confirmed.



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