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The Santa Klaus Murder

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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

"Despite its title, this British Library Crime Classics reissue of a 1936 novel isn't just an entertaining Christmas read. It's a fine example of the old-time country-house murder mystery, with loads of suspects, lots of period atmosphere, and much caustic wit." —Booklist

Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered—by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus—with a bullet in his head on Christmas Day, the festivities are plunged into chaos. Nearly every member of the party stands to reap some sort of benefit from Sir Osmond's death, but Santa Klaus, the one person who seems to have every opportunity to fire the shot, has no apparent motive. Various members of the family have their private suspicions about the identity of the murderer, and the Chief Constable of Haulmshire, who begins his investigations by saying that he knows the family too well and that is his difficulty, wishes before long that he understood them better. In the midst of mistrust, suspicion and hatred, it emerges that there was not one Santa Klaus, but two.


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Series: British Library Crime Classics Publisher: Sourcebooks

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  • Release date: October 6, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781464204968
  • File size: 557 KB
  • Release date: October 6, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781464204968
  • File size: 557 KB
  • Release date: October 6, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781464204968
  • File size: 564 KB
  • Release date: October 6, 2015

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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

"Despite its title, this British Library Crime Classics reissue of a 1936 novel isn't just an entertaining Christmas read. It's a fine example of the old-time country-house murder mystery, with loads of suspects, lots of period atmosphere, and much caustic wit." —Booklist

Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered—by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus—with a bullet in his head on Christmas Day, the festivities are plunged into chaos. Nearly every member of the party stands to reap some sort of benefit from Sir Osmond's death, but Santa Klaus, the one person who seems to have every opportunity to fire the shot, has no apparent motive. Various members of the family have their private suspicions about the identity of the murderer, and the Chief Constable of Haulmshire, who begins his investigations by saying that he knows the family too well and that is his difficulty, wishes before long that he understood them better. In the midst of mistrust, suspicion and hatred, it emerges that there was not one Santa Klaus, but two.


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    Sourcebooks

    Kindle Book
    Release date: October 6, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781464204968
    File size: 557 KB
    Release date: October 6, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781464204968
    File size: 557 KB
    Release date: October 6, 2015

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781464204968
    File size: 564 KB
    Release date: October 6, 2015

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    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
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