Book Review: Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon

Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3 stars)
Publisher: The British Library

As the year closes, I'm still getting in mysteries with snow and Christmas themes and Mystery In White seemed a good choice. Funnily enough, it reminded me of The Christmas Card Crime that I just read in an anthology with regard to the setup. On Christmas Eve, passengers on a snowbound train disembark and in this instance, take refuge in a country house. Here, the blizzard rages and the house stands empty but appears set for guests with a boiling kettle on the stove, fires ablaze in multiple hearths and tea set out. And one more disquieting fact, a bread knife lays on the kitchen floor.

Book Review: Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith

Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 (4 stars)
Publisher: The British Library

When the patriarch of a family is found to be dead on Christmas morning and not one of his six children nor their accompanying spouses can be bothered to even give the pretence of mourning him, you know it's going to be a ripping read. Adrian Gray is that patriarch and even more unfortunate than not being mourned by his brood, one of them has murdered him.

Book Review: The Last Policeman (Last Policeman #1) by Ben H. Winters

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3 stars)

When the end of the world is imminent and more than half of humanity will surely not survive the impact (and they may well be luckier than those who get to die slowly in a dark, frozen hellscape), does investigating a murder matter at all? That's the question posed in The Last Policeman and for newly minted Detective Hank Palace, the answer is a resolute, yes.

Book Review: The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories by Martin Edwards

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories by Martin Edwards
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 (4 stars)

In keeping with my craving for mysteries with Christmas or seasonal leanings, I decided to read this short story collection. It was great because I read a lot of new to me authors and I found a whole catalogue of British Library Crime Classics that I'm going to continue with (how had it escaped me that this was a thing?!).

Book Review: Murder At The Mill (An Iris Grey Mystery #1) by M.B. Shaw

Murder at The Mill (An Iris Grey Mystery #1) by M.B. Shaw
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3 stars)

It's December so I've been seeking out seasonal/holiday themed reads and this also had a cozy mystery thing going for it.

Book Review: In Harm's Way (Sandhamn #6) by Viveca Sten

In Harm's Way (Sandhamn #6) by Viveca Sten
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3 stars)

It being December, I've been leaning toward reads with Christmas themes or snow and this checked both those boxes. It's the sixth in a series and while it took a little to get into the ongoing travails of the detectives in the story, I don't think it suffered any with me dropping in now and reading it as a standalone.

Book Review: Sleigh Bells and Sleuthing: A Collection of 16 Cozy Mystery Novellas Featuring Female Sleuths by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson & Others

Sleigh Bells and Sleuthing: A Collection of 16 Cozy Mystery Novellas Featuring Female Sleuths by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
My rating: 🌟🌟 (2 stars)

I was in the mood for some cozy Christmas themed stories so I dove into this one. I didn't realize when I began that this is a tome. Like seriously, it's over 1K pages. I read it on the Kindle app so no wrist strain but still.