Sir Osmond demands the family gets together for Christmas. He is rich, manipulative and Ill. His kids, grandkids and employees all have motive, but who kills him? A classic murder mystery from the 20s. Enjoyed this one, and like the layout of each chapter being a different character. Allows the reader to get inside their minds more. Would recommend this book.

Always fun to read another addition to this classic crime series and Christmas settings are always fun. This probably is not my favourite example of the genre, but I am still never one to turn down a classic country house mystery.

A cozy mystery, but a bit confusing at times with the amount of characters. I’m all for multiple suspects, but there were too many red herrings for my liking.

From http://www.bookbarmy.com

Is it possible to have a crush on a publisher?

My heart beats faster, my fingers fondle their book covers, and my wallet giddily opens its arms -- all for The British Library Crime Series by Poisoned Pen Press.

Just look at these beauties, I mean really, what mystery reader could resist?
I first became aware of this series with my first purchase of THIS long lost favorite mystery. Since then I have cultivated a insatiable craving finely-tuned taste for this Poisoned Pen Press imprint.

In 1997, husband and wife founders, Robert Rosenwald and Barbara Peters, who are also the owners of the legendary Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona, saw an opportunity to re-publish the wonderful British mysteries novels of the 1930's and 1940's. They tapped into every bibliophile's secret desire --out of print titles, long lost authors, and beautiful covers to lovingly add to a bookcase:

“We knew that mystery readers wanted complete collections, so we thought we could make a business out of that.”
I've read several of these and, while some are better than others, all are well-plotted mysteries graced with some classic crime writing and completely interesting settings - in short they are pure fun escape reading.

There are locked room mysteries (Miraculous Mysteries), murders in Europe (Continental Crimes), small village settings (Death of a Busybody), and dead bodies in crumbling manors (Seven Dead).
In short, there's a British mystery for you in The British Library Crime Series. You got to love any publisher/bookseller who states this as their mission statement:

We are a community Bound By Mystery.

and who gathers praise such as this:

Hurrah to British Library Crime Classics for rediscovering some of the forgotten gems of the Golden Age of British crime writing.(Globe and Mail)

Might I suggest you support this fine enterprise by buying the books direct from their website ~ just click this logo.

I am so happy that the Poisoned Pen Press is publishing these classic novels. Everything about this book excited me. I was with all of the characters till the end. The killer shocked me even though i tried to keep up with the clues.