Death in Ambush: A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery

A classic country-house Christmas murder mystery light-hearted but with a clever mystery at its heart. A genuinely lost novel found in the British Library collections, republished here for the first time since its original publication in 1952. In a tranquil Kentish village, Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest, Liane 'Lee' Crauford. Festivities start badly when their party is spoiled by an enigmatic widow new to the village, and the atmosphere hits rock bottom when the pompous local nobleman and ceramic-collector Sir Henry Metcalfe unexpectedly dies. Sensing potential villains among Metcalfe's circle, Lee teams up with Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.