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‘My favourite type of mystery, suspenseful, and where everyone is not what they appear . . . Christine is great at creating atmosphere . . . she evokes the magic of the stage, and her characters [have] a past to be uncovered before the mystery is solved.’ [Stage Fright]

- Lizzie Hayes, MYSTERY WOMEN

Crime for Christmas: Five favourite festive reads

Posted on Dec 22, 2025 in Agatha Christie, An English Murder, Catt Out Of The Bag, Christmas Crime, Clifford Witting, Dorothy L Sayers, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, Martin Edwards, Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife, The Nine Tailors, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Crime for Christmas: Five Festive Reads: here they are in order of publication Dorothy L Sayers, The Nine Tailors (1934). Ok, so not Christmas exactly, but close enough. It is a snowy New Year’s Eve when Lord Peter Wimsey runs his car into a ditch near the village of Fenchurch St Paul. I regularly reread […]

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