Murder by Candlelight
Ten Classic Crime Stories for Winter
Published on 7. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-80522-255-2 (ISBN)
Description
Poisoned mince pies. A Christmas Eve ghost story that comes suddenly, horribly true. A locked-room puzzle on a train steaming through the winter's night. All these, and many more, tales of mystery and malice await in Murder by Candlelight.
As the nights draw in and the old year slips away, these ten classic stories - from the greatest writers of the crime genre - will baffle your mind and chill your blood in equal measure. From a cunningly-disguised killer to a country house with a lethal secret, the mood might be festive ... but the motive is murder.
As the nights draw in and the old year slips away, these ten classic stories - from the greatest writers of the crime genre - will baffle your mind and chill your blood in equal measure. From a cunningly-disguised killer to a country house with a lethal secret, the mood might be festive ... but the motive is murder.
Reviews / Votes
With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground * Daily Mail * Each of these ten killer tales combines a wintry atmosphere with a plot guaranteed to produce shocks or shivers * The Times * Praise for the Vintage Murder series:-Looking forward to Christmas? [The Vintage Murder series] is a fine way to start it. It's a cracker -- Amy Myers An excellent collection of short stories by ten top-class writers -- Marcel Berlins * The Times Books of the Year * Perfect for a quick fix of golden-age crime ... this collection of short winter chills is well worth reading by candlelight before turning in on Christmas Eve -- Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code * The Sunday Times * Short, clever and puzzling murder tales test the brains of the most avid crime reader ... delectable -- Sarah Morgan * On Magazine *
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Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
188 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80522-255-2 (9781805222552)
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11/2024
Profile Books Ltd
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Edited by Cecily Gayford and featuring work from classic authors such as Dorothy L Sayers, Cyril Hare, Simon Brett and more.
Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she immersed herself obsessively in the gothic, morbid and mysterious side of literature. Now a Publishing Director, she has worked at Profile Books for eleven years.
Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she immersed herself obsessively in the gothic, morbid and mysterious side of literature. Now a Publishing Director, she has worked at Profile Books for eleven years.