Crimson Snow

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

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Finished my #SnowedIn challenge. Apparently I like short stories a bit more if Christmas and crime are involved. 3.5 🌟 for the tagged book of British Classic Crime stories. Best of the bunch was A Christmas Carol. The two winter themed books were ok and I just couldn‘t get into Snow Country. Thanks to @Emilymdxn for a great list and @PuddleJumper for hosting. ❤️💚❤️

Emilymdxn Wooo! This is amazing ❄️ 1y

PuddleJumper Yay! 1y

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kwmg40

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I'm using this collection of British Christmas-themed mystery stories for #CloakandDaggerChristmas. A few of the stories were mediocre but most were enjoyable. I especially liked a novella-length story by Victor Gunn, a.k.a. Edwy Searles Brooks.

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BookmarkTavern How fun! 🎉🎉🎉 1y

Ruthiella Looks good! Short story collections are usually mixed bag. 🎅🏻🔪💀🎄 1y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 1y

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Deblovestoread

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

#weekendreads

All wintery/holiday themed. I do better with short stories if I jump in and out rather than reading a collection straight through so I will be in and out of these over the weekend.

@rachelsbrittain

rachelsbrittain How perfectly wintery! 1y

Aimeesue Christmas Days is one of my favorites. The audiobook is great - Winterson does the narration. ❤️ 1y

Deblovestoread @Aimeesue I‘ve been switching between the two but the audio is so good. It‘s become a tradition since I found it a couple of years ago. (edited) 1y

Aimeesue @Deblovestoread 🩵❄️🩵 1y

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ChelseaM6010

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

#JanuaryJazz
21. Freezing
This book has been on my tbr for a while and it looks like it would fit the prompt! Hopefully I‘ll get around to this soon! 🤞

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 💙❄️🤍 2y

Eggs Gorgeous 💙 2y

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Emilymdxn

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

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Unfortunately I found this pretty hard to get through. The stories weren‘t individually bad but they were so samey, they all felt like sub-Agatha Christie, slightly too long stories. It sounds harsh I know but this was just such a challenge to get through.

#merryreaders #wintergames2020 @Clwojick

readordierachel Sure is a pretty cover though 4y

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TheEllieMo

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 6 #bookstoread #TBRpile

veritysalter I read this one last Christmas, it‘s a great selection of winter crime mysteries. 4y

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Booksnchill

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

No snow but I have the crimson covered! My next Christmas read on this lazy day in the sun.

LeahBergen This looks like a fun one. 👍🏻 5y

BridgetteM Beautiful cover! 5y

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veritysalter

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

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#WinterGames #MerryReaders #HolidayRead - a collection of Classic murder mysteries set around the Christmas period, many written by members of The Detection Club ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Clwojick, StayCurious

mabell I love these covers! 5y

Clwojick 21 pt 5y

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Bklover

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

Oh thank you SO much @TiredLibrarian ! I love this series and I can‘t wait to read this!! I‘m looking out the window at 8 inches of snow (still falling) so it‘s the perfect time for some mysteries. You really made my heart happy with this gift. Much love to you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️. #kindlitsy

TiredLibrarian @Bklover You're welcome! I guess it's even more appropriate than I thought with your snowfall today! 🌫❄☃️😊 6y

Tamra I‘m so jealous of all the snow Littens are getting! Here I am in southeast MN and we‘ve had next to nothing. I like to have a change of seasons! I want to read this one - stacked! (edited) 6y

tracey38 Sounds perfect for a snowy day. 6y

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Bklover @TiredLibrarian Yes, it‘s perfect! 6y

Bklover @Tamra This is the first good snow we‘ve had in several years. It seems like it snows everywhere but here, so I am LOVING it! 6y

Bklover @tracey38 Yes it does! 6y

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Aimeesue

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

Holiday reading may begin in three…two…one!

Aimeesue For some reason, I'm extremely fond of Christmas crime. Or any holiday crime stories, I suppose, but it seems like all the greats have done at least one Christmas murder. Poisoned Pen Press has reprinted a bunch of Golden Age mysteries, and many of them are Xmas/winter related. They have at least 2 Xmas anthologies, this and

Silent Nights: A British Library Crime Classic

batsy And I adore those covers! 6y

Aimeesue @batsy Aren't they lovely? Makes me want to collect them al- NO! I must not! I have too many books already! I shall just admire them from afar. 6y

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batsy I just ordered one from the series and it arrived today... 😂❤️ #resistanceisfutile 6y

Aimeesue @batsy I hope it's good! The first story in this one had some pretty misogynistic language on it, but I think that was a ham-fisted attempt to throw suspicion at one of the characters. The rest of the stories did not have this transparent, problematic string- pulling going on, thankfully! 6y

batsy Alas, this is a problem that crops up frequently in golden era or period detective fiction and mysteries :( 6y

Aimeesue @batsy True, but it‘s usually a general casting of women in general being weaker, stupider, less capable. This was a pretty targeted “She was a traitorous cheater, as all women are” sort of thing. Oy! 6y

batsy Oof, that is hard to take 😖 Glad that the rest of the stories are not as bad. 6y

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rabbitprincess

Crimson Snow: A British Library Crime Classic | Martin Edwards

so-so

This isn't a bad collection, but a couple of stories I found ran on too long (particularly the Ironside one). My favourite was Josephine Bell's ("The Carol Singers"), with second place going to the Margery Allingham story ("The Man with the Sack").

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