Description

Poisoned mince pies. A Christmas Eve ghost story that comes suddenly, horribly true. A locked-room puzzle on a train steaming through the winter’s night. All these, and many more, tales of mystery and malice await in Murder by Candlelight.

As the nights draw in and the old year slips away, these ten classic stories – from the greatest writers of the crime genre – will baffle your mind and chill your blood in equal measure. From a cunningly-disguised killer to a country house with a lethal secret, the mood might be festive … but the motive is murder.

Publisher Review

With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground * Daily Mail * Praise for the Vintage Murder series:-
Looking forward to Christmas? [The Vintage Murder series] is a fine way to start it. It’s a cracker — Amy Myers An excellent collection of short stories by ten top-class writers — Marcel Berlins * The Times Books of the Year * Perfect for a quick fix of golden-age crime … this collection of short winter chills is well worth reading by candlelight before turning in on Christmas Eve — Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code * The Sunday Times * Short, clever and puzzling murder tales test the brains of the most avid crime reader … delectable — Sarah Morgan * On Magazine * Has everything you might want … take this little book to the beach [and] relax in the sun while reading of battered corpses — Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *