Yes, it's past Christmas, but I'm still reading Christmas books. If people can put up their decorations at Halloween, I think I'm entitled to read holiday-themed books throughout the season of Epiphany! Besides, The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall (#1,362) was a Christmas present. It's not a new book, but the author, Benedict Brown, is new to me. It's part of his 1920s Lord Edgington Investigates series which all have appealing Art Deco covers.
A retired Commissioner of Police is invited at the last minute to visit an old friend and colleague for the Christmas holiday. Lord Edgington packs up his daughter, his two grandsons and the staff at his stately home and motors to Mistletoe Hall in the midst of a snowstorm. No one is there to greet them at the car park, although they find a pair of sturdy horses which convey them to the mansion itself. Although apparently ready for guests, the house is deserted. What can be going on?
Yule (hah!) find out as more guests arrive and things go bump in the night. Told from the perspective of Lord Edgington's schoolboy grandson, Christopher, together this odd pair solve the mystery and uncover a killer. It's an engaging series, so now I'll have to go back and read not only this series, but his contemporary Izzy Palmer series as well. What could be better than a whole new pile of books to stack on the side table for cozy winter reading? Cheers!
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