Mystery in White

By J. Jefferson Farjeon

Book Overview

"The settings of train, blizzard, and the eerily welcoming home are all engrossing. Dorothy L. Sayers characterized Farjeon as 'unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures.' This reissue proves it." --Booklist STARRED review

'The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house.'

On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea--but no one is at home.

Trapped together for Christmas, the passengers are seeking to unravel the secrets of the empty house when a murderer strikes in their midst. This classic Christmas mystery is now republished for the first time since the 1930s, with an introduction by the award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464206635
• ISBN13: 9781464206634
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Implausible

A train gets stuck in blizzard so 4 people decide to get off to walk to the nearest village. The snow has to be 2-3 feet deep and it's a white-out in an unfamiliar place, but off they go. They end up in an empty, unlocked house. The snow keeps falling and more people show up and they keep going in and out (through a window by this time) to walk in the snow for whatever the reason. I'm having a lot of trouble suspending disbelief long enough to finish this book.