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A review by bgg616
The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
3.0
A decent 3 1/2 star mystery. This cozy Christmas mystery is set in the 1930's in the countryside outside Bristol. The Melbury family led by Sir Osmond gathers together, and there are plenty of additional guests. Of course, there's a murder in the library - actually the study - and it's the family patriarch who is dead. Almost everyone is a suspect, and various possibilities are considered. The Christmas holiday makes investigating a bit more complicated as some people are away for the holiday.
Fortunately, the authors provides a list of characters in the front of the book.At the conclusion, all of the clues that led the police to identify the suspect, are provided at the end. This is a technique I haven't seen done quite so extensively at the end of a crime novel but it worked. This is a part of the new British Library Crime Classics series, and well worth reading by fans of the genre.
Fortunately, the authors provides a list of characters in the front of the book.At the conclusion, all of the clues that led the police to identify the suspect, are provided at the end. This is a technique I haven't seen done quite so extensively at the end of a crime novel but it worked. This is a part of the new British Library Crime Classics series, and well worth reading by fans of the genre.