John Dickson Carr writing as Carter Dickson

The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas: 108 (British Library Crime Classics)

James Bennett is invited to spend Christmas at White Priory with the retinue of glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Other guests include her lover, her producer, her agent and the playwright for her next big hit. But when Tait is found murdered on a cold December morning in the lakeside pavilion, the men are among the many suspects. Only the footprints of her discoverer disturb the snow which fell overnight – and which stopped just shortly after Marcia was last seen alive. How did the murderer get in and out of the pavilion without leaving a trace? Things really start to liven up when Bennett’s uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale, arrives from London to make sense of this impossible murder.

Format: Paperback

Paperback: 272 Pages

Language: English

 

4/5
Reviewed By Reviewed By Juliette Foster
“A wonderful story with brilliant twists and ingenious solutions that make it a classic of the mystery genre.”