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Indlæser... Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story (1937)af J. Jefferson Farjeon
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Received as a Christmas present in 2014. Published by the British Library (@BL_Publishing) this is one of a set of Golden age Crime novels that have disappeared off people's radars but republished by the British Library A few years before WWII, a train full of people are making their way to various places one Christmas Eve, to celebrate Christmas day with various friends and relations. Their plans are delayed somewhat when an extraordinarily heavy snow brings the train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. see rest of my review here: https://nordie.wordpress.com/2015/06/22/book-review-mystery-in-whiteby-j-jeffers... Received as a Christmas present in 2014. Published by the British Library (@BL_Publishing) this is one of a set of Golden age Crime novels that have disappeared off people's radars but republished by the British Library A few years before WWII, a train full of people are making their way to various places one Christmas Eve, to celebrate Christmas day with various friends and relations. Their plans are delayed somewhat when an extraordinarily heavy snow brings the train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. see rest of my review here: https://nordie.wordpress.com/2015/06/22/book-review-mystery-in-whiteby-j-jeffers... I'm going to mark this one as finished because I'm not finishing it. I read a lot of 30s and 40s books, so it wasn't the style so much as the execution. I know some love this book but it was just boring to me. It had the potential to be one of those fun when you're in the mood for it kind of books, but became harder and harder to ever get in that mood, because I didn't care about any of these people and the constant verbal interaction between the characters I couldn't warm to made it rough going. I've picked up the Thirteenth Guest by Farjeon which is a more traditional story and style, so hopefully I'll like that one better when I get to it. This one is a dud for me. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house." On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea-but no one is at home. Trapped together for Christmas, the passengers are seeking to unravel the secrets of the empty house when a murderer strikes in their midst. This classic Christmas mystery is now republished for the first time since the 1930s, with an introduction by the award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards. No library descriptions found. |
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The story of the house mystery is reasonable enough, but as it's pretty much all revealed by confession and the sort of "detective" character making accurate deductions immediately after most of the story is revealed it feels not much like a mystery story, more like a retelling of the facts of a story we've missed out on. ( )