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Crime at Christmas
Crime at Christmas | C. H. B. Kitchin
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'There we were, all gathered together for a Christmas party, and plunged suddenly into gloom.' It's Christmas at Hampstead's Beresford Lodge. A group of relatives and intimate friends gather to celebrate the festive season, but their party is rudely interrupted by a violent death. It isn't long before a second body is discovered. Can the murderer be one of those in the great house? The stockbroker sleuth Malcolm Warren investigates, in this brilliantly witty mystery. 'Kitchin's knowledge of the crevices of human nature lifts his crime fiction out of the category of puzzledom and into the realm of the detective novel. He was, in short, ahead of his day.' H. R. F. Keating
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shanaqui
shanaqui
Crime at Christmas | C. H. B. Kitchin
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All finished -- figured I should get my skates on, since it's seasonal. It's actually not that Christmas themed at all, though; the whole story would work without it being set on a holiday.

I enjoyed it, though the narrator is a bit rambly and in love with his own musings, and the coda chapter direct to reader is a bit weird.

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shanaqui
shanaqui
Crime at Christmas | C. H. B. Kitchin
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Another one from my advent calendar! I know nothing about the author or the book, so this continues to be an education. I've started it right away since it's seasonal!

rwmg This got a mention in my recent read, so I'll be interested to hear what you think
[tagged book]Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall
3y
shanaqui @rwmg Interesting! I wouldn't have read queerness into this one... It was enjoyable, but not super special. 🤔 Now I'll have to read Murder in the Closet! 3y
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kwmg40
kwmg40
Crime at Christmas | C. H. B. Kitchin
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Mehso-so

A Christmas-themed book for #WinterGames2021! #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

Not as good as the books by the better known Golden Age crime writers, but I do enjoy country-house mysteries set during the Christmas season.

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TheSpineView Great job 🤩📖 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Crime at Christmas | C. H. B. Kitchin
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Panpan

I don‘t think I‘ve ever hoped that the narrator would be bumped off before, but this book managed to make me WANT that to happen, quite badly. Utterly tedious.

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