Crime at Christmas / Murder at the Theatre Royale (2 First Edition Paperback)

 Christmas Crime Novels - 2 Paperback books:

1) CRIME AT CHRISTMAS by C.H.B. Kitchen (A Classic Festive Mystery)

'There we were, all gathered together for a Christmas party, and plunged suddenly into gloom.'

It's Christmas at Hampstead's Beresford Lodge. A group of relatives and intimate friends gather to celebrate the festive season, but their party is rudely interrupted by a violent death. it isn't long before a second body is discovered. can the murderer be one of those in the great house? The stockbroker sleuth Malcolm Warren investigates, in this brilliantly witty mystery from 1934.

A FIRST EDITION paperback published in 2015 by Faber & Faber (£8.99 r.r.p.) In UNREAD, AS-NEW condition

 

2) MURDER AT THE THEATRE ROYALE by Ada Monrieff (A Christmas Mystery)

Christmas, 1935. Director Chester Harrison's new production of A Christmas Carol has been on a troubled tour of regional theatres. With tensions amongst the cast runninh high, the play at last reached its final stop - London's Theatre Royale - a few days before Christmas.

Catastrophe, howver, strikes before opening night: 'scrooge' dies on stage, seemingly due to a heart attack. But the show must go on. until, that is, an old rival of Chester's is murdered in a dressing room.

Are those associated with the play being picked off one by one? Journalist Daphne King is determined to reveal the truth..

A FIRST EDITION paperback published in 2022 by Vintage (£8.99 r.r.p.)

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