A game of charades ends in coldblooded murder in this entertaining cozy mystery, third in the Crime with the Classics series.

Having finished transforming Windy Corner, the grand Victorian mansion she inherited from her great aunt, into a writers'' retreat, widowed literature professor Emily Cavanaugh is ready to receive her first set of guestsBut her careful planning is thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of outrageous true-crime writer, Cruella Crime, whose unpardonably rude behaviour is causing great offence.

As a ferocious ice storm rages outside, the guests entertain one another with a game of charadesBut their revelries are brought to a sudden halt by the discovery of a body in one of the guest bedrooms. When it transpires the victim was poisoned, Emily decides to take a leaf out of the book of her favourite detective writer, Agatha Christie, and investigate. But as she pursues her enquiries, it becomes chillingly clear that she herself may have been the intended victim...



Format Häftad Omfång 208 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Canongate Books Utgivningsdatum 2019-08-30 ISBN 9781847519689