In the tranquil village of Staple Green, the Sandys family are bustling towards Christmas with their guest, Liane ‘Lee’ Crauford. Festivities begin badly when their party is spoiled by an enigmatic newcomer to the village, and a week later the Yuletide atmosphere hits rock bottom when the pompous retired judge and vintage china-collector, Sir Henry Metcalfe, unexpectedly dies of a stroke—or so it seems.
Suspicions of foul play and whispers of ‘murder’ spread as Metcalfe’s circle becomes a list of suspects: the gardener, the son, a mysterious widow, the would-be daughter-in-law, her father and even the elegant Lady Metcalfe—with Lee plum in the middle; a shilling in the pudding. Reuniting with Scotland Yard’s Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon, Lee joins the case to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.
Genre: Mystery
Suspicions of foul play and whispers of ‘murder’ spread as Metcalfe’s circle becomes a list of suspects: the gardener, the son, a mysterious widow, the would-be daughter-in-law, her father and even the elegant Lady Metcalfe—with Lee plum in the middle; a shilling in the pudding. Reuniting with Scotland Yard’s Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon, Lee joins the case to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.
Genre: Mystery
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